Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Ron Obvious

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9. I just came here to make the same observation

Mon Jan 6, 2014, 02:37 AM

Jan 2014

The strawmen, the anecdotes, the false accusations, the projections, even from some posters I otherwise respect.

Depressing. I suspect this distrust of science is a form of neo-yokelism that's a product of our cynical, anti-authoritarian age.

Life expectancy was around 40 at the beginning of the 20th century (and it still is in traditional tribal societies), but by the end of the century it had nearly doubled with many nasty diseases eradicated or nearly so.

It wasn't any woo (and I just the word deliberately) that brought that about.

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I just came here to make the same observation Ron Obvious Jan 2014 #9

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Well said, a bit cruder than I... but well said.. nt uriel1972 Jan 2014 #13

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Wish I could've stayed out of it. Iggo Jan 2014 #14

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As if "Scientific materialist" was an insult... uriel1972 Jan 2014 #19

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