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Re:Author-paid publication fees corrupt science and should b... by MaxBarraclough on Saturday August 24, 2024 @09:53AM (#41338318)
> The fact that there is even a term like "Climate change denial", means that it feasible to deny "the science" (science is about doubt), because the climate scientists actually can't prove anything, fundamentally.

There are people out there denying the shape of the planet, despite that it has been observed directly.

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Re:Author-paid publication fees corrupt science and should b... by dekken_ on Saturday August 24, 2024 @10:05AM (#41338401)
Am I talking about those people?

You're conflating things that are empirically verifiable with things that are not.

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Re:Author-paid publication fees corrupt science and should b... by MaxBarraclough on Saturday August 24, 2024 @10:14AM (#41338475)
I was responding to what you wrote:

> The fact that there is even a term like "Climate change denial", means that it feasible to deny "the science"

This is clearly untrue. Some people, such as the 'flat Earthers', deny plain facts.

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Re:Author-paid publication fees corrupt science and should b... by dekken_ on Saturday August 24, 2024 @10:41AM (#41338671)
Yeah good point, I'll try better
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