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Re:Climate threats now dominate long-term risks, survey of g... by ekianjo on Thursday January 16, 2020 @04:25AM (#22062915)
I think the point of their comment is that they had exposure to Science, which is almost as important as being a good scientist, because it alters how you think.
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Re:Climate threats now dominate long-term risks, survey of g... by mlang23 on Thursday January 16, 2020 @04:50AM (#22063044)
I disagree that plain "exposure" is worth anything. Let me bring up a sort of unrelated example. Whenever I meet someone that claims they have "some" experience with people with disabilities, it turns out they are worse then those people that dont claim that.
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Re:Climate threats now dominate long-term risks, survey of g... by EForEndeavour on Thursday January 16, 2020 @08:57AM (#22064517)
"Some experience with people with disabilities" implies a far lower level of commitment and immersion than the "exposure to science" that's being discussed in this thread.

If a politician claims they have a scientific background, but it turns out all they did was take gen bio in first year and follow a dozen popular scientists on Twitter, they'd be derided.

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