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2016-04-25 Science & Technology

h/t Instapundit
Science, humanity’s greatest intellectual achievement, has always been vulnerable to infection by pseudoscience, which pretends to use the methods of science, but actually subverts them in pursuit of an obsession. Instead of evidence-based policymaking, pseudoscience specialises in policy-based evidence making. Today, this infection is spreading.

Two egregious examples show just how easy it is to subvert the scientific process. The campaign by Andrew Wakefield against the MMR vaccine, recently boosted by Robert De Niro’s support, is pseudoscience.

So is the campaign against glyphosate ("Roundup") weedkiller, which has now resulted in the European parliament recommending a ban on its use by gardeners.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-04-25 04:54|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 Ooops

Moved to Opinion at 10:45 a.m. ET, as the poster had intended.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-04-25 05:02|| 2016-04-25 05:02|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd say trash-science reached a new low the other day when Abbas claimed the Juice were ruining his climate (but apparently not their own).

Posted by Bobby 2016-04-25 07:44|| 2016-04-25 07:44|| Front Page Top

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