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A comment on Ask HN: What are your favorite examples of science driving good policy?.

Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite examples of science drivin... by MonkeyMalarky on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @10:15PM (#34527302)
Are phrenology and lysenkoism examples of science? Both had theories and beliefs but both failed to follow up with the hypothesize, test and refine parts of the science loop.
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Re:Ask HN: What are your favorite examples of science drivin... by qqqqquinnnnn on Thursday January 26, 2023 @12:43AM (#34528093)
I think sometimes ideas that are couched in scientific sounding language get picked up culturally for a while before the rest of the process catches up
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