Re:Climate change and nutrient pollution are depleting oxyge...
by acidburnNSA on Sunday December 08, 2019 @11:41AM
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Anti-scientific thinking transcends political and gender identities in the USA. It can be traced at least as far back as Esalen institute stuff, and likely much farther.
It's partially our governments fault for doing things like when the Atomic Energy Commission got caught being fraudulent about what killed 5000 sheep after the 1953 Upshot-Knothole nuclear weapons test series. When the top scientific institutions lose credibility, where we are today seems at least a little inevitable.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/how-ame...
It's partially our governments fault for doing things like when the Atomic Energy Commission got caught being fraudulent about what killed 5000 sheep after the 1953 Upshot-Knothole nuclear weapons test series. When the top scientific institutions lose credibility, where we are today seems at least a little inevitable.
https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/09/magazine/downwind-from-th...