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  • Doctors are not scientists.

    I was with you until this. Doctors are scientists. That doesn’t mean all of them are good scientists. Some, like Vinay Prasad, are bad scientists and bad doctors—he’s more podcaster and political hack than doctor.

    Most medical research is done by MDs. Even doctors that are purely clinicians have extensive scientific training. It’s absurd to say, “doctors are not scientists.”


  • “Some Children May Have Died”

    Then provides no solid evidence that any of the purported deaths were from the vaccine. Claims scientists have to allow for the possibility when every case was examined and no conclusive evidence was found to link the vaccine with the deaths.

    What’s next? Geographers have to be open to the possibility that the earth is flat? Physicists should allow for the chance that perpetual motion is possible? Atheists really should say their prayers, you know, just in case?

    The Atlantic really likes to ride that centrist rail.




  • The ‘funny’ thing is that it’s a direct path to failure. What made the USA so great in the mid 20th century was the massive investment in science and technological progress. They even made movies where scientists were the heroes.

    This is the heel draggers trying to wrest control because they don’t want to be left behind by progress—ignoring that they’ll be pulled forward with the rest of society. Religion is a big part of that because that’s how a great many people make sense of the world. The science and theory are beyond their ken so they feel like they have no control as things progress.

    Look at what Thiel is doing. He’s trying to mix religion with AI and information technology not because he believes in it but to get the religiously-bound minds to back his machinations.

    You’re right that fascism wants less education but it also wants technological superiority. Nazi Germany backed science that built the V2 and more. The overall reduction in scientific progress has roots in conservative resistance to social change. Religion is a big part of that.