Politics boils down to priorities and personal value systems... There is no objectively "correct" political ideology- politics often comes down to arguments about the lesser of two evils and the greater good- the very terms 'evil' and 'good' clearly indicate that it is a conflict of value systems- not a discussion of rational and objective truths.
Science on the other hand CAN make statements about objective truth... Some claims are demonstrably wrong, and if you advocate those false positions then you are: 1) ignorant, 2) insane, or 3) lying. End of story.
What confounds me is how RobertS has no problem with heated political debate (such as calling TB cartoonish etc) on issues where there is no objectively correct answer, but when it comes to easily demonstrated objective fact he attacks and derides those defending the objective facts.
Space/Science » in reply to If you like what they do to science,
"you must love what they do to politics. " Totally different animals in my opinion...
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- Broadcast power breakthrough at Intel?
- Quantum Tunnelling Energy Transmitter
- Here you go... it's a lot cooler than the article suggests...
- Intel blog w/video
- This is what I hate about popular news articles- they avoid discussing the science like the plague...
- By the way, ER...
- I think the media caters to the 99.9% of the population who wouldn't understand a scientific explanation.
- On the other hand, and in this case...
- "I doubt that the media knows any more about this story than you do" Not sure where that came from...
- On the other hand, and in this case...
- If you like what they do to science,
- I think the media caters to the 99.9% of the population who wouldn't understand a scientific explanation.
- By the way, ER...