Forgive me if I don't consider you scientifically literate enough to know.See above.

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All things serve The Beam

You base your opinion upon what?
I've seen no evidence you accept any science that doesn't support your faith in pop science.

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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ---P. J. O'Rourke

The only thing I see rising is global bullshit, it's all because Al's plane needs
Jet A.

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Want government run healthcare? Join the military.

As opposed your faith in "science" manufactured by industry lobby groups?

Andrew

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“...corporations and those who run them cannot stop exploiting resources and amassing wealth until they have... .I cannot finish this sentence, because the truth is that can never stop; like cancer, they can only continue to expand until they kill the host.”

-- Derrick Jensen

Your quote indicates an utter pig-ignorance of science and analysis of data.

And you use of the term "pop science" is also quite telling as to the above.

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All things serve The Beam

I place faith in God and my ability to shoot straight. Everything else needs a close watch.

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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ---P. J. O'Rourke

No offense, but I'll stick with interpreting data using the scientific method. It's the best tool we have for approaching problems, especially as a group.

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He who learns but does not think is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. --Confucius

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
--African proverb

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
--Albert Einstein

In other words, you too believe in keeping a close watch on things.

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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ---P. J. O'Rourke

Yes, but the means to do it are more important than the goal.

In my opinion, how you do something almost always matters more than the goal. With bad methods, you always end up with crap unless you are extremely lucky. With good methods, you have a chance of solving or understanding something.

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He who learns but does not think is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. --Confucius

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
--African proverb

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
--Albert Einstein

So why do you repeat nonsense disseminated by industry lobby groups if you subscribe to skepticism?

Andrew

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“...corporations and those who run them cannot stop exploiting resources and amassing wealth until they have... .I cannot finish this sentence, because the truth is that can never stop; like cancer, they can only continue to expand until they kill the host.”

-- Derrick Jensen

Probably because I'm more skeptical of the Left than business interests.

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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ---P. J. O'Rourke

Science is not, nor has it ever been, nor is it possible for it to be, a partisan affair. Business on the other hand....

Andrew

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“...corporations and those who run them cannot stop exploiting resources and amassing wealth until they have... .I cannot finish this sentence, because the truth is that can never stop; like cancer, they can only continue to expand until they kill the host.”

-- Derrick Jensen

Yeah, keep deluding yourself.

But, you'd have a point, if it were real science you used to bolster your case.

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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ---P. J. O'Rourke

Objection. Calls for speculation that you actually know what 'real' science is.

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All things serve The Beam

**sigh** I'll leave you to wallow in your ignorance.

Andrew

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“...corporations and those who run them cannot stop exploiting resources and amassing wealth until they have... .I cannot finish this sentence, because the truth is that can never stop; like cancer, they can only continue to expand until they kill the host.”

-- Derrick Jensen