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A comment on DNA sequencing of Viking skeletons reveals they weren’t all Scandinavian. Parent comment

Re:DNA sequencing of Viking skeletons reveals they weren’t a... by xtiansimon on Thursday September 17, 2020 @07:58PM (#24511409)
> “I already lost my faith in the cultural "western" elites. I hate to sound like a hardcore conservative...”

Really?

This is hardly dog vivisection by the Royal Society.

If it’s bad science and can be shown to be inconsistent, why ‘lose faith’? That’s what science is about.

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Re:DNA sequencing of Viking skeletons reveals they weren’t a... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Friday September 18, 2020 @02:07AM (#24513445)
“ You cannot reason a man out of what he never reasoned himself into.” Attributed to Jonathan Swift

The issue is that these elites did not come to their conclusion through science. They came to their conclusion because they are trying to push a certain narrative. Thus, no matter what data you show them, they will always find a way to cling to their narrative. Even worse, you might get cancelled for promulgating data and interpretations that does not fit the narrative.

This is not science!

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Re:DNA sequencing of Viking skeletons reveals they weren’t a... by xtiansimon on Friday September 18, 2020 @07:07PM (#24522730)
> "This is not science!"

This is not a response to your comment. Hahaha

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Re:DNA sequencing of Viking skeletons reveals they weren’t a... by raducu on Thursday September 17, 2020 @09:36PM (#24512042)
Ah, the good old "no true scotsman" argument.

You can lose faith in a particular part of the scientific community without losing faith in the scientific method.

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