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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 04:46 PM Original message |
Does science promote rightwing viewpoints in the US? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't know many right wing scientists.... |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. One word yes |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Scientific America and rightwing ideology |
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Monkeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Have you heard this one from the scientific research Dept |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. wow, that's a mind-blower |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
45. Sci. American has a left-leaning editorial policy |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Sci. Am has left-leaning tendencies? |
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pepperbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. Please provide links to support your statements. n/t |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. links at previous reply |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. I live in a techy community, and yes |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Is your techy community involved in weapons programs? |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. They might be desperately trying to please those who hold purse strings... |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. No, imo. |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. above post |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Here's my thoughts on this m atter |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. Darwin, stem cells, global warming... |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. not really talking about those self-evident facts |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 05:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
40. Environmental costs of capitalism not show up? |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
59. yes, environmental data is there |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
47. Everyone knows that left run countries are pristine environmentally |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. don't follow the logic here |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. Science deals in facts and reproducible results. |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Science has an obligation to be unbaised |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Prior to 1996 I did not subscribe, so only read S A irregularly. |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 08:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Are psy-ops a valid scientific discipline? |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 10:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. You make an interesting point. |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I've noticed a pattern of rightist ideology by American scientists |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 05:54 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Well, psy-ops fails all the various ethics tests, but politicians write |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
48. In what way was it "right wing"? |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 07:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. the space race was a right-wing agenda |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. the money hand is behind all things |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I'm seeing the big difference |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. Science doesn't promote any political agenda. |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. But why do institutions support them? |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Institutions don't run themselves, nor does science run them. |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes and no. Science just is. It is a process using empirical evidence. |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. the political interpretations of science |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Until research is free, science will always be politically influenced... |
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KyuzoGator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. When scientific magazines have articles about "cool military toys"... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. Not An Iota. Science Is Science. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. Probably depends on the science |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. The right wing does not encourage science |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 11:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Junior's college experience must have been uncomfortable |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 04:35 AM Response to Original message |
35. rightwing culture in science |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
36. Science as such, no. But certain elements within the scientific community, |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 05:42 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. AHEM. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 07:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Creationism/ID is promoted by some who do have some scolary |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 07:33 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Yeah, no point getting bogged down in semantics. |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. creationism/intel. design |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. You're describing pseudoscience. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 06:02 AM Response to Reply #50 |
66. Pseudoscience gets easily confused with science by |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
37. Maybe "Scientific American" has a RW editor dept. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
38. Science? Hell no. |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. would a scientist be comfortable |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. It is doubtful that the reverse would be true; |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
51. I would need to see the article you reference in order to comment |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 06:44 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. reference articles |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
52. Depends what branch of science. |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
54. I'm at a loss as to where you actually got that idea. |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 07:51 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. where I got the idea |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
58. With the US offshoring science-based jobs, I don't think so. |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. could the US one day off-shore some of those science jobs |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
62. In my field, no. |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I find some comfort in your comments |
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ngant17 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-26-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I find some comfort in your comments |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
63. Surely you jest. I vote a resounding no. |
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