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submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

The whole point of science is that the conclusions depend on the evidence, not what the politicians want. When you do it the other way around, you get nonsense like Lysenkoism which deny you the technical advantages of having an accurate understanding of the world.

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[-] [email protected] 44 points 5 days ago

Idiocracy didnt go far enough

[-] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Idiocracy made the assumption that people were stupid but well intentioned.

Narrator: They were not, in fact, well intentioned

[-] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

for most of them, "research" means rephrasing the keywords typed into google.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

It is truly depressing to remember the vast majority of people, in the US at least, are only about as smart as a 6th grader.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago

US Govt keeping the spirit of Lysenko alive wasn't on my bingo board for 2025 ngl.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I just looked that up: You guys are one Wikipedia link away from the concept of posthumous rehabilitation.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago

fascism in progress

[-] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

control the way it is communicated to the public and the power to “discipline” anyone who violates the way the administration views science.

Freedom of media and freedom of speech, huh.

Not to mention it's unconstitutional.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

Chernobyl-like risks intensifies

[-] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

The downfall from self inflicted injury will be faster and more severe than anything seen in history.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

So were start with the fact that 2+2=5 and build our glorious new science up from there.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

My guess is, this is for matters of gender and maybe autism.

this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2025
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