Hi, Oh Spicy One
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Originally Posted by Enchilada
The sudden rise of pseudo-science is becoming a serious issue, as neither democracy or popular opinion applies to the scientific method nor in how science operates.
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It's worse than that, IMO. Democracy itself requires a well-informed populace. Many of the decisions facing the human race can only be answered by science, but the populace don't understand science.
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Originally Posted by Enchilada
The danger is of course groups with other agendas, like intelligent design, non-scientific biology (I.e. cloning or stem cells), or with the electronic universe proponents.
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Yep. The issue is not pseudo science. It's politics and religion that are at at play here, which are both way beyond the limits of this forum so I'll end my comments here.
Steve.