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Dr Hobbitstein

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3. I've tried to express this same sentiment a million times over...

Reply to NuclearDem (Reply #1)

Thu May 21, 2015, 09:23 AM

May 2015

Yet, I'm always called a shill for whichever industry/corporation is the boogeyman of the day (9/10, it's Monsanto).

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Does science have a liberal bias? [View all] Buzz Clik May 2015 OP

Some can't separate bad business practices and the science involved in those businesses. NuclearDem May 2015 #1

Bingo. We have a winner with the very first reply. Buzz Clik May 2015 #2

heh RobertEarl May 2015 #44

I've tried to express this same sentiment a million times over... Dr Hobbitstein May 2015 #3

I've been called a shill for "Big Pharma" because I take on anti-vaxxers. SwissTony May 2015 #15

Your check's in the mail. Buzz Clik May 2015 #17

I, being a liberal, use evidence to form my opinion underpants May 2015 #4

Excellent. But, there's evidence and there's evidence. Buzz Clik May 2015 #18

Exactly my point. They are convinced which takes belief underpants May 2015 #40

Very good. Thanks. Buzz Clik May 2015 #41

Science is apolitical and that's why Republicans don't trust it: DetlefK May 2015 #5

I agree totally with your second paragraph. Addressing your first paragraph: Buzz Clik May 2015 #19

Science has a liberal bias in that only liberals believe in science. Remember, science hasn't proven okaawhatever May 2015 #6

Not sure that conservatives don't believe in science... Buzz Clik May 2015 #21

Science does not support the anti-GMO or anti-vaccine position AT ALL. alarimer May 2015 #7

+1!!! Buzz Clik May 2015 #23

Science has a... 3catwoman3 May 2015 #8

Alas, humans do not and even assuming honesty (a big assumption, at that) accuracy is another issue. Nuclear Unicorn May 2015 #13

Indeed, it does. The truth can be elusive, but science can point the way. Buzz Clik May 2015 #24

Unless "science" has at some point been proven to be infallible, "scientific consensus" seems to be cherokeeprogressive May 2015 #9

Yup - current example: major shift in neuroscience going on right now. bananas May 2015 #12

"Science" (whatever amorphous entity that refers to) has never been said to be infallible. NuclearDem May 2015 #16

Wonderful response. Buzz Clik May 2015 #28

No matter how good The Scientific Method is, it can be subverted by just about anyone. cherokeeprogressive May 2015 #46

This is the wrong question. ananda May 2015 #10

Without question! And sometimes, those biases are difficult to tease out. Buzz Clik May 2015 #29

I think liberalism is grounded in science. FarPoint May 2015 #11

Yep, Liberalism is grounded in evidence of what is. hifiguy May 2015 #32

I disagree with this. Buzz Clik May 2015 #33

Conservatives and the GOP base do not believe in science Gothmog May 2015 #14

Hm. Not sure I've witnessed this. Do you have an example? Buzz Clik May 2015 #34

When a person insists that everything happens in a vacuum, they are as lost as the Rex May 2015 #20

I think the left invokes science when it helps and ignores it when it doesn't. HereSince1628 May 2015 #22

+1! Buzz Clik May 2015 #35

I don't know, but do know that DU's resident scientists are arrogantly biased. closeupready May 2015 #25

Actually, I'm surprised not to see more of your kind of comments. Buzz Clik May 2015 #27

DDT - remember that? It was touted as science! SCIENCE! closeupready May 2015 #31

DDT is still an effective and important insecticide. Buzz Clik May 2015 #36

Nah. If I thought members here were honestly trying to talk, closeupready May 2015 #43

Poster is confusing DDT and glyphosate. NuclearDem May 2015 #47

Let's look at each. Exilednight May 2015 #26

Nicely balanced comments. Thanks. Buzz Clik May 2015 #37

It has a FACTUAL bias. hifiguy May 2015 #30

You and I see these issues in exactly the same way. Buzz Clik May 2015 #38

Thank you. hifiguy May 2015 #39

That's it right there. Rex May 2015 #42

People who are only interested in using the word "science" as a rhetorical bludgeon should probably Chathamization May 2015 #45