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Science and Conservatism are partially exclusive. Science includes questioning knowledge, while conservatism means to keep (conserve) the current. I still don'

Science and Conservatism are partially exclusive. Science includes questioning knowledge, while conservatism means to keep (conserve) the current. I still don't like how the article values that in a negative way.

wyager 12y ago
>Science and Conservatism are partially exclusive. Science includes questioning knowledge, What we call "liberalism" is not substantially more willing to question its beliefs than what we call "conservatism". People who fall under the American political label "liberal" are almost as ideologically entrenched as those who fall under the label "conservative"; they just happen to stick to a slightly more modern set of arbitrary beliefs. The people who really question the current political environment are almost always labeled as ideological extremists, which American liberals certainly are not. Now, as for science, it seems to me that liberals are just as liable to believe in the stereotypical anti-GMO anti-gluten pseudoscientific rhetoric as conservatives are to believe in the stereotypical anti-evolution anti-climate-change pseudoscientific rhetoric.
- blueflow 12y ago
  And i wasn't talking about liberalism, because it just kinda translates to 'movement for freedom', which could be a lot. I doubt its even mutually exclusive with conservatism.
  - Varcht 12y ago
    Oh good, because as I view modern liberalism it leads to missive government and regulation...
vixen99 12y ago
'Science and Conservatism are partially exclusive'. Your view is naive because it's uninformed as in 'conservatism means to keep (conserve) the current.'. Oh please, start with Burke and do some reading. Tons to do, evidently.
- MisterBastahrd 12y ago
  Because modern "conservatism" has anything to do with Burke's version. You have a future in comedy.
- blueflow 12y ago
  > conservatism means to keep (conserve) the current literally. What about a Latin dictionary instead of Burke?

wyager 12y ago

>Science and Conservatism are partially exclusive. Science includes questioning knowledge, What we call "liberalism" is not substantially more willing to question its beliefs than what we call "conservatism". People who fall under the American political label "liberal" are almost as ideologically entrenched as those who fall under the label "conservative"; they just happen to stick to a slightly more modern set of arbitrary beliefs. The people who really question the current political environment are almost always labeled as ideological extremists, which American liberals certainly are not. Now, as for science, it seems to me that liberals are just as liable to believe in the stereotypical anti-GMO anti-gluten pseudoscientific rhetoric as conservatives are to believe in the stereotypical anti-evolution anti-climate-change pseudoscientific rhetoric.

blueflow 12y ago
And i wasn't talking about liberalism, because it just kinda translates to 'movement for freedom', which could be a lot. I doubt its even mutually exclusive with conservatism.
- Varcht 12y ago
  Oh good, because as I view modern liberalism it leads to missive government and regulation...

vixen99 12y ago

'Science and Conservatism are partially exclusive'. Your view is naive because it's uninformed as in 'conservatism means to keep (conserve) the current.'. Oh please, start with Burke and do some reading. Tons to do, evidently.

MisterBastahrd 12y ago
Because modern "conservatism" has anything to do with Burke's version. You have a future in comedy.
blueflow 12y ago
> conservatism means to keep (conserve) the current literally. What about a Latin dictionary instead of Burke?