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Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific co... by arvinsim on Saturday March 14, 2020 @11:20PM (#22580942)
> and that science has too long been discredited and ignored.

There are scandals in the sciences too. Peer review rings, studies that tend toward positive bias due to the pressure to publish, some studies being paid by big companies that favors their vested interests, etc.

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Re:Open letter from Italy to the international scientific co... by QuesnayJr on Sunday March 15, 2020 @03:09AM (#22581901)
Science is a product of human beings and not saints, so of course there are scandals. There always were. What's changed is that now that meme-ing is replacing thought, science is easier to attack, particularly by people with an agenda.
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