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Re:The rise and fall of scientific authority, and how to bri... by eplanit on Monday March 18, 2019 @06:26PM (#19425984)
The way in which public considers science today is much more analogous to the way the public considered religion during the time of Galileo.

Yes; and, it's weaponized for political discourse. It's as though we're in some kind of new Puritan era -- this reminds me of how John Cleese was blasted for tweeting on this very topic (3 years ago)[1]. He blasphemed.

[1] https://twitter.com/johncleese/status/683681888687538177?lan...

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Re:The rise and fall of scientific authority, and how to bri... by tannerbrockwell on Monday March 18, 2019 @11:03PM (#19427724)
So good it must be quoted in it's entirety:

"I would like 2016 to be the year when people remembered that science is a method of investigation,and NOT a belief system" @JohnCleese [1] 8:10 AM - 3 Jan 2016 [2]

[1] https://twitter.com/JohnCleese [2] https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/683681888687538177

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