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Re:The rise and fall of scientific authority, and how to bri... by jvreagan on Monday March 18, 2019 @11:42AM (#19422013)
> In the US a huge number of people (large enough to be dangerous) reject climate change consensus

You just proved the parent's point...

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Re:The rise and fall of scientific authority, and how to bri... by x220 on Monday March 18, 2019 @11:48AM (#19422076)
How so?
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Re:The rise and fall of scientific authority, and how to bri... by dexen on Monday March 18, 2019 @12:20PM (#19422430)
Quoting verbatim from the GGP, >Think of the way people are castigated for not believing in scientific "truths" and > the author is trying to burn religious texts and dissenting viewpoints to their "settled science".
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Re:The rise and fall of scientific authority, and how to bri... by unknownkadath on Monday March 18, 2019 @03:04PM (#19424053)
If "skeptics" understood what the Navier-Stokes equations do, it would be easier to sympathize.
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