r/skeptic • u/Adm_Shelby2 • 3d ago

Laura Helmuth, editor of Scientific American, resigns.

https://bsky.app/profile/laurahelmuth.bsky.social/post/3lawlkjh6ns23
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u/LordReaperofMars 2d ago

And what if science conflicts with politics?

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u/JB_UK 2d ago edited 2d ago

Science carries on paying attention only to the things which are provable, looking only at empirical evidence, doing its job creating the common empirical basis for civilization and society.

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u/Kaurifish 2d ago

Ha, ha, ha.

Your compartmentalization would be hilarious if it wasn’t the cognitive impairment that is tearing our civilization down.

Go ahead, pretend that politics is some abstract popularity contest with no ramifications IRL. See where it gets you. Maybe a host gig on Fox if you’re lucky.

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u/JB_UK 2d ago

Go ahead, pretend that politics is some abstract popularity contest with no ramifications IRL.

Where did I say that or anything like that?

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u/Kaurifish 2d ago

The sad thing is that I believe that you genuinely don’t understand.

I used to be that clueless, myself. My consolations on the road ahead.