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The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research. (www.nytimes.com)
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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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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

Narrator: They were not, in fact, well intentioned