but not in practice.
Yes, you won't fool the scientists for long, but the public is not educated in science; nor in critical thinking of any kind.
Think about tobacco carcinogens, agricultural pesticides, lead fuel additives, and yes, climate change. As for historical examples, look back to all the social Darwinism, racial and eugenics propaganda pushed by the NAZIs. And then there was Stalin's Lysenkoism... The truth will out, eventually, but in the short term it is profits and power that rule.
Scientist deal in truth. They may be mistaken at times, but as a rule they are not malicious. They are no match against the movers and shakers of commerce and politics. For them, truth is negotiable, a mere academic abstraction; something to be managed.
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I agree with you in principle
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