Science and Its Pretenders

Science from the government.

And Dr. Fauci, is he a scientist or a politician? Just like WHO, is their main goal science? Or are they corrupted by the Chinese Communist Party?

ScienceChic wrote: "If you’re not listening to the answers science provides, it’s not critical thinking anymore; it’s denial."

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On a recent podcast, Aaron Rodgers said, “If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore; it’s propaganda…That’s the truth.”

He’s right. Science assumes its knowledge is wrong or incomplete, which is why it doesn’t stop questioning.

However, a hallmark of denial is pretending to care about science, while using “impossible expectations” and “just asking questions” to avoid accepting any scientific conclusions you don’t want to believe.
So if I might correct Rodgers: If you’re not listening to the answers science provides, it’s not critical thinking anymore; it’s denial…That’s the truth.

More on Science and Its Pretenders: thinkingispower.com/science-and-its-pret...-and-science-denial/

AND Laurie Garrett WARNED THE MASSES...decades ago, that this would come to pass,no one cared or listened.

a portion of the book title by Garrett AND A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE.......that sums it all up.

Putting aside the ad hominem attack, I am saddened that you use USA TODAY and its references to "experts" as your source. Evidently USA TODAY did not look at the state of Vermont, where the ER's are overwhelmed by people seeking confirmation of positive tests from the do -it-yourself at home Covid test, asking for the "gold standard" test recommended by the CDC until this week.

Regarding the CDC offering, the director Rochelle Walinsky, has stated that the decision to cut the quarantine time "“It really had a lot to do with what we thought people would be able to tolerate,” Walensky said." CNN.com 12/29/21
Perhaps she did not read the press release.

"so they recommended cloth as an alternative that was better than nothing." A statement grounded in science, to be sure.

Thinking is Power.
It's creator: "Trecek-King has a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry and a Master of Arts in Ecology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she studied prairie ecology, succession, the role of fire in ecosystems, and habitat restoration."

Recall, that Galileo was forced to recant that the earth revolved around the sun by the "scientific experts" of the time. He did so rather than be tortured by being forced to wear a mask and quarantine.

Serendipity.
I came across this article in the WSJ after posting my comment with a reference to Galileo.

www.wsj.com/articles/galileo-and-the-pan..._opin_pos_2#cxrecs_s

A very worthwhile read.

Please summarize.....it is behind a firewall,sub only....

Without intentionally running afoul of the moderators, here are some excerpts:

www.wsj.com/articles/galileo-and-the-pan..._opin_pos_2#cxrecs_s

Early in the 17th century, a top cardinal warned Galileo that unless “there were a true demonstration that the sun,” not the Earth, “is at the center of the world,” he couldn’t teach his Copernican ideas publicly.

Then a plague hit Italy. Political borders closed and people stayed indoors. To make matters worse, the main sponsor of Galileo’s book in Rome died around this time. Because of these restrictions, Galileo decided to publish the book closer to home.

The book finally came out, but its revision process had been highly irregular. For example, as a revision request, Galileo had to write about the scientific impossibility to confirm the Copernican hypothesis—an idea held by Pope Urban. But Galileo decided to write it in such a way that the claim that Copernicanism couldn’t be proved came across as ridiculous. The pope felt betrayed on reading the book....the pope decided to react. “The Dialogue” was taken out of circulation, and Galileo abjured his ideas before the Roman Inquisition. He offered to write a final chapter softening his arguments, but it was too late.

Yet a major change in work habits under a stressful situation—and prolonged physical isolation from collaborators—will always have unforeseen consequences. It will take an uncommon level of vigilance and self-scrutiny, and an understanding of history, to help predict and avoid such problems

Here's to a better 2022 for all!