PoliticalChic
Diamond Member
It is an herculean task to keep up with, and skewer, the lies of the Left….but, a task that I am ready and willing to assume.
In this case, the question of which is aptly called "anti-science."
One of the lies that is as galling as it is diaphanous, is that it is the right that is anti-science. In actuality, it is the Left that uses pretend-science, with the political aim of using it against the Constitution.
1.Recently, John Stossel sat down with John Tierney. For 25 years, John Tierney has written about science for the New York Times, who ”recently argued that the real war on science comes from the left. That seems odd since surveys show people on the right are more likely to believe in creationism.
Tierney: Right, but creationism doesn't affect science. It doesn't affect the way science is done.
Stossel: But wait, what about President Bush's opposition to stem cell research?
George W. Bush: Destroying human life in the hopes of saving human life is not ethical.
Tierney: He didn't stop stem cell research….I can't find examples where the right-wing stopped the progress of science, whereas you can look on the left and you see so many areas that are taboo to research.
2.Stossel: Some research on genetically modified foods became taboo because of protests from the left. Tierney says that stifled research into what could have been a second Green Revolution to feed Africa. Also, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and her baseless claim that DDT caused cancer in humans is still taught in high schools today, but there's no mention of the millions killed by malaria because countries needlessly banned DDT. And scientists can't even talk about whether genes affect intelligence.
3. Tierney: People who studied IQ needed bodyguards for their lectures. It's something that can't be discussed.
Stossel: Likewise, researching gender differences has become taboo.
Tierney: You can't talk about sexual differences between men and women. I mean, it's ok if they favor women. You can say that men are more likely to commit crimes, but you can't suggest anything that there might be some kind of sexual difference that might predispose men to be more interested in a topic.
Stossel: Google fired engineer James Damore merely because he wrote a memo suggesting that sex differences might explain why more men work in tech.
Tierney: Damore just pointed out very basic scientific research about differences between the sexes. The experts in this, as soon as he published that memo, said, "Yes, he basically got the science right.
Stossel: But that didn’t matter.” The Left’s “War on Science”
Getting it right just doesn’t matter to the Left…..
Only winning does.
In this case, the question of which is aptly called "anti-science."
One of the lies that is as galling as it is diaphanous, is that it is the right that is anti-science. In actuality, it is the Left that uses pretend-science, with the political aim of using it against the Constitution.
1.Recently, John Stossel sat down with John Tierney. For 25 years, John Tierney has written about science for the New York Times, who ”recently argued that the real war on science comes from the left. That seems odd since surveys show people on the right are more likely to believe in creationism.
Tierney: Right, but creationism doesn't affect science. It doesn't affect the way science is done.
Stossel: But wait, what about President Bush's opposition to stem cell research?
George W. Bush: Destroying human life in the hopes of saving human life is not ethical.
Tierney: He didn't stop stem cell research….I can't find examples where the right-wing stopped the progress of science, whereas you can look on the left and you see so many areas that are taboo to research.
2.Stossel: Some research on genetically modified foods became taboo because of protests from the left. Tierney says that stifled research into what could have been a second Green Revolution to feed Africa. Also, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and her baseless claim that DDT caused cancer in humans is still taught in high schools today, but there's no mention of the millions killed by malaria because countries needlessly banned DDT. And scientists can't even talk about whether genes affect intelligence.
3. Tierney: People who studied IQ needed bodyguards for their lectures. It's something that can't be discussed.
Stossel: Likewise, researching gender differences has become taboo.
Tierney: You can't talk about sexual differences between men and women. I mean, it's ok if they favor women. You can say that men are more likely to commit crimes, but you can't suggest anything that there might be some kind of sexual difference that might predispose men to be more interested in a topic.
Stossel: Google fired engineer James Damore merely because he wrote a memo suggesting that sex differences might explain why more men work in tech.
Tierney: Damore just pointed out very basic scientific research about differences between the sexes. The experts in this, as soon as he published that memo, said, "Yes, he basically got the science right.
Stossel: But that didn’t matter.” The Left’s “War on Science”
Getting it right just doesn’t matter to the Left…..
Only winning does.