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Re:Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change by magicalist on Saturday April 23, 2022 @03:50PM (#31137822)
> A UN backed science panel. Great. If there is one thing we all know about the UN, it's that the UN isn't political. An institution ruled by the US, Russia, China, Britain and France. Seems very trustworthy to me.

A solid philosophy of science is difficult to live up to in the real world, but I guarantee that "I don't know anything about the IPCC but I see it's organized through the UN so I know enough to dismiss it" is not it.

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Re:Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change by istinetz on Saturday April 23, 2022 @03:53PM (#31137846)
Why not? It seems obvious to me that a UN committee will be under a lot of political pressure to bend the truth, where it is in conflict with politics. And I have seen many, many examples of committees bending the truth. Why is this one different?
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