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“The resultant violence is rare, but letting politicians spout whatever nonsense the Internet offers without challenge is indeed a slippery slope. The BLAME THE BLOGGER is in some ways a free pass for politicians to lie; if they are just quoting someone else’s claim, can you really blame them? We should blame them; politicians have a public influence that the average blogger does not wield, and they should be held to a higher standard when it comes to science. Calling out their repetitions of silly, ridiculous, or downright dangerous Internet nonsense can have wide-ranging impacts: stopping the spread of abortion-related misinformation could help reduce the possibility of extremist violence, for example, and building trust in climate science could help push for action, quite literally helping to save the world.”
― Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science
― Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science
“That’s where the OVERSIMPLIFICATION tends to break down. When you start to ask for and examine the evidence behind a scientific claim, you often see that science doesn’t quite cooperate with political sound bites.”
― Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science
― Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science
“When a politician cites a singular example as a means of refuting a larger trend, take note; this is the hallmark of bad science.”
― Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science
― Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science
Topics Mentioning This Author
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Reading with Style:
SU 2017 Completed Tasks
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1335 | 129 | Aug 31, 2017 09:00PM | |
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The Seasonal Read...:
Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
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2921 | 508 | Aug 31, 2017 09:01PM | |
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Science and Inquiry:
April 2020 Nominations
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21 | 115 | Feb 20, 2020 02:56PM | |
| Science and Inquiry: April 2020 - The Equations of Life | 8 | 89 | Apr 07, 2020 04:18PM | |
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NetGalley Readers:
What NG Books have you just read? Any recommendations?
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11588 | 1735 | Jan 18, 2021 05:18PM |
