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Hot take: The absolute scientism of the left (lacking all nuance on scientific issues) is just as harmful as the anti-science rhetorc of the right... science is nuanced, remove the nuance and all you have is dogma.
@freemo "Don't question the science". That's the f&cking point of science, to question everything in pursuit of the truth. The left often weaponizes science, the the Church did so long ago. If people didn't question the science, we would still believe that we are the frickin' center of the universe.
@obi Hey look its great to be open-minded but at the same time dont be so open-minded your brains fall out.
@freemo Or someone will help them out lol
@obi @freemo
(I've been mulling it over, and I honestly can't think of anyone who has a cult following that thinks he "IS science", who has said some modified version of "don't question the science", and who is in some sense on the left. Will you reveal the name just to satisfy my curiosity? I promise not to be mean as a result. 😁)
@obi @freemo
He says "follow the science", not "don't question the science", there. Those are obviously very different. And in fact he gives examples of how the best scientific understanding changes as we find out more, which is the opposite of "don't question the science".
And when he says that they aren't just attacking him, they're attacking science, he doesn't mean that he IS science, he means (correctly) exactly what he says: it's not just that they are attacking him, they are (just as the propagandists intend) attacking science and objective truth in general.
The left and right aren't just two sides of the same coin here, I'm afraid lol.
