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In reply to the discussion: Scientific illiteracy baffles me [View all]hatrack
(59,442 posts)12. Get into science, and there's a chance you'll discover just how small you truly are
Lots of people really can't handle that.
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critical thinking is drummed out by parents, by teachers, by religion and society
beachbum bob
Dec 2018
#11
not entirely true, as many "organized" religions reveres the earth and its resources
beachbum bob
Dec 2018
#9
Well, Christianity is the problem in this country, not all organized religions.
stopbush
Dec 2018
#53
+2 There's so much 'energy' and 'detoxification' woo on our side it's not even funny ...
mr_lebowski
Dec 2018
#35
Not a 'synonym', but they are significant players in the use of GMOs
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2018
#77
And the business of science. Patents, withholding evidence, buying "expert" opinion, etc.
erronis
Dec 2018
#46
No, I don't get it. My gripes are with the companies that are ripping off the patients.
erronis
Dec 2018
#104
GMO's are all about glyphosate and it's adjuvants (Roundup) - hello, toxic pesticides
womanofthehills
Dec 2018
#73
Wrong again - 90% of all US soy IS Roundup Ready - and OMG! Sugar cane is dried with Roundup in FL
womanofthehills
Dec 2018
#102
There is no other organized group in the world that denies climat Science besides the
world wide wally
Dec 2018
#45
Actually JFK Jr is working to protect people to make sure vaccines are safer
womanofthehills
Dec 2018
#72
He is not an anti-vaxxer. He is for improving vaccines and making congress do it's job
womanofthehills
Dec 2018
#76
Get into science, and there's a chance you'll discover just how small you truly are
hatrack
Dec 2018
#12
Get into science, and there's a chance you'll discover just how precious you truly are
PJMcK
Dec 2018
#13
They believe that attacking science somehow makes them a freethinker and free spirit.
DetlefK
Dec 2018
#14
Some are literate in science. They simply choose to enrich themselves in spite of science.
LonePirate
Dec 2018
#79
They are not curious people - their info is from right wing radio & they don't even comprehend that
womanofthehills
Dec 2018
#89
The Military Industrial Complex sure does love science. No deniers when building jet fighters
YOHABLO
Dec 2018
#116
Scientific illiteracy to one degree or another is common on both the right and the left.
Nitram
Dec 2018
#117
Long ago in the early 70's the religious righties were moaning and complaining that heart transplant
flying_wahini
Dec 2018
#119