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Offline rangerrebew

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The Lyin’tific Method
« on: March 19, 2024, 08:08:38 am »
The Lyin’tific Method
Posted on March 17, 2024 by The Ethical Skeptic
… or ‘Why science has lost its luster’

One of the most unpleasant aspects of living under communism was an awareness that we were always surround by non-reality, i.e., artifacts fabricated by the propaganda machine, whose aim was to prevent us from seeing reality as it was.

~ Ryszard Legutko, Polish philosopher

The common feature of all totalitarian regimes … is that the regime monopolizes what is considered rationality, knowledge, and what is regarded to be truth.

~ Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, MD, Murthy v. Missouri rally, 18 Mar 2024

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Re: The Lyin’tific Method
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2024, 08:09:16 am »
This a warning to us all!!
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The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address

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Re: The Lyin’tific Method
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2024, 10:05:49 am »
Quote from: rangerrebew on March 19, 2024, 08:09:16 am
This a warning to us all!!
Yes, it is. Some commercial concerns, linked with government, have an entirely undue influence on what is studied and the results obtained, and it would not work if integrity was more widespread in the scientific community.

Unfortunately, the result is that succeeding studies will cite the conclusions of preceding studies, and the pyramid of bogus conclusions rises another tier. I found this in studying motorcycle helmet 'safety' studies back in the '80s, and it was an eye opener. The conclusions will be quoted, whether the evidence supports them or not.
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

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