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Kim Christensen:

--- Quote from: nctnico on March 11, 2023, 08:35:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kim Christensen on March 11, 2023, 04:01:15 pm ---But Trump's opinion is not equal, not even close, to that of an expert in the field of study being questioned.

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It kind of is. Science is truth by majority. The opinion of a single expert is worth just as much as the opinion of a total idiot. Without a reference (= a panel of experts backed by scientific data), you can't say which opinion is closest to the truth. Absolute truth doesn't even exist.

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When the single expert is quoting peer reviewed studies and giving his opinion based on that, and the idiot is just making stuff up as he goes along, it's pretty obvious who you should listen to.

What you tout is the typical false equivalency that the "right" relies upon all the time.
As an example, I'm going to place WAY more weight on what Zero999 has to say about an electronics fault than I would on the opinion of someone who doesn't even know what ohms law is.

PlainName:

--- Quote ---the opinion of someone who doesn't even know what ohms law is
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What is there to know? You turn it off and on again, and if that doesn't work you bang it with a hammer. I don't think Ohm covered that with his laws.

VooDust:

--- Quote from: nctnico on March 11, 2023, 08:35:03 pm ---Science is truth by majority.

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And just how do you think this majority came to its conclusions? The scientific process, I'd say.


--- Quote from: nctnico on March 11, 2023, 08:35:03 pm --- The opinion of a single expert is worth just as much as the opinion of a total idiot.

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If I had to put you in one of the above categories I would lean towards the latter.

SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: nctnico on March 11, 2023, 08:35:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kim Christensen on March 11, 2023, 04:01:15 pm ---But Trump's opinion is not equal, not even close, to that of an expert in the field of study being questioned.

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It kind of is. Science is truth by majority.

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No. Science is not truth, science is a method.
The second you start defining science as an "accepted truth", you completely miss what science is.

james_s:

--- Quote from: vk6zgo on March 11, 2023, 03:39:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on March 11, 2023, 02:09:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: vk6zgo on March 11, 2023, 04:49:47 am ---Ohh, I'm so terrified! ;D
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Maybe you have fuck-you money.  I don't.  It isn't fun to find out a fuckwit has blacklisted you just to gain brownie points from the silly activist group.

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I was "Taking the piss" at your over the top "fear in the majority" comment.
Huge numbers of people are not incensed at every little thing, & hence do not feel fear of "speaking out" over some silly comment made by a self-described celebrity, because they have a lot more important things to worry about.

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It doesn't take huge numbers of people, it takes just a few, that's part of the problem. Pretty much no matter what you say risks somebody somewhere getting a bee in their bonnet over it. If not now then 20 years later when societal norms have shifted.

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