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11. They mistrust science because they're too stupid to understand science. And we all know...

Mon Nov 2, 2015, 09:49 AM

Nov 2015

...the fear that grips idiots when they don't understand something.

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Why Conservatives Mistrust Science [View all] CajunBlazer Nov 2015 OP

Galileo is the one you are thinking of Fumesucker Nov 2015 #3

Yes..... trusty elf Nov 2015 #4

Galileo. And the church loved Copernicus Recursion Nov 2015 #5

By some accounts Galileo was also a jeering egotist... JHB Nov 2015 #8

"Real history is rarely simple" Recursion Nov 2015 #9

You have to ask yourself a simple question.... CajunBlazer Nov 2015 #13

Asking "yourself" that question is fine, but remember... JHB Nov 2015 #17

My point was... CajunBlazer Nov 2015 #22

If Copernicus had published in his lifetime hifiguy Nov 2015 #23

+1000 smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #6

Like Ben CArson randys1 Nov 2015 #26

The ACA is anything but "free" healthcare. hifiguy Nov 2015 #28

Would your rather that it didn't exist? CajunBlazer Nov 2015 #30

Also: Scientists will eventually abandon a disproved theory, annabanana Nov 2015 #15

Science evolves, continuously, hifiguy Nov 2015 #21

A theory can only exist until it cannot explain one fact, then itr .... CajunBlazer Nov 2015 #24

"Why PEOPLE mistrust science" Shandris Nov 2015 #16

Surely you don't believe that. CajunBlazer Nov 2015 #18

Facts can never be allowed hifiguy Nov 2015 #20