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eppur_se_muova

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1. K&R. Scientific fraud -- especially in Medical science -- does happen, and politicians should be cautious ...
Sun Mar 10, 2024, 05:52 PM
Mar 2024

... about accepting controversial results. Most in gov't have staff who can research and fact-check any claims that affect matters under their purview, or know how to contact better experts than themselves. Anus Orange thinks he has infallibly expert judgement on every single subject, and worse yet, his followers don't care about facts any more than he does.

Republicans argue on the basis of fabricated emotions and authoritarianism, not facts. That's why it's so ineffective to argue facts with MAGAts. And that's why we ended up with bogus science driving decisions on life-and-death national policies.

We don't need a President who thinks he's smarter than everyone. We need a President who knows he isn't, but who also knows how to find the true experts -- not the "best" people based only on the standard of personal loyalty.

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