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I don't think "pro-science" means what you think it means.

• nazgulnarsil 14y ago
  He's anti-scientism. Providing a scientific veneer of legitimacy to political claims. Are you claiming this doesn't happen all the time?
  • gensym 14y ago
    Nope. Being against scientific studies because what they uncover may lead to measures you dislike is not anti-scientism. It's anti-science. Science, done correctly, inconveniently disregards your values and preferences, so it's perfectly rational to oppose its use in certain situations, but doing so is absolutely anti-science.
    • nazgulnarsil 14y ago
      unless choice of hypothesis is a hell of a lot more impartial and rigorous and null-results and replications actually get reported on NO science is not value free.