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re: Has there ever been a worse phrase than "THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED"?
Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:06 am to CAD703X
Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:06 am to CAD703X
It’s the total opposite of the truth
In 1970, when I was told that we had 20 years before the earth would end of we didn’t recycle- was the science settled?
No.
In 1970, when I was told that we had 20 years before the earth would end of we didn’t recycle- was the science settled?
No.
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Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:13 am to SlidellCajun
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In 1970, when I was told that we had 20 years before the earth would end of we didn’t recycle- was the science settled?
Lol nice strawman. It was never scientific concensus that the earth would in in 1990 if people didn't recycle.
Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:15 am to CAD703X
Debate mods are probably kids who failed science in high school. They know as much about science as singers or basketball players know about world economics.
Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:23 am to Rick9Plus
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Debate mods are probably kids who failed science in high school. They know as much about science as singers or basketball players know about world economics.
100% this
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She then went on to attend Georgetown University, where she graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and a Master of Arts degree in liberal studies in 2003.[6][7][8]
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She attended the University of Virginia, graduating with highest distinction in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in foreign affairs and Middle Eastern studies and a minor in Arabic.
Both were art majors
Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:24 am to Corinthians420
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It was never scientific concensus that the earth would in in 1990 if people didn't recycle.
The rainforests should be all gone by now along with the polar ice caps. Questioning it would bring about the lovely phrase that “the science is settled.”
Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:31 am to bad93ex
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The rainforests should be all gone by now along with the polar ice caps. Questioning it would bring about the lovely phrase that “the science is settled.”
Possibly from activists or conservationists.
You shouldn't confuse propaganda with science though. It undermines the actual work done.
Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:39 am to Corinthians420
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It sounds like he should learn to not trust politicians rather than science.
A lot of people need this in their lives.
Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:43 am to CAD703X
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Who are the morons that eat this up?
This guy:
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. I think he's the one who actually coined the silly phrase in an attempt to stop any debate or argument on his billion dollar grift.
Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:50 am to CAD703X
As a scientist, I feel like I have to give some sort of rebuttal.
While TECHNICALLY, the science is NEVER 100% "Settled", there a a vast number of topics where the evidence is irrefutable. That is, there is no major research going on to refute those topics. In that sense, the science is "settled". A few of those topics are:
Newtonian Physics (The basic laws of motion)
Mendelian genetics
Gravity
Basic electrical theory (Ohm's law, Watt's law, etc)
The laws of Thermodynamics
Germ Theory
Universal gas law (Pv = NRT)
Electromagnetism
Plate tectonics
Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium
and many more (too numerous to list). So while the term "The science is settled" might be political rhetoric these days, there are times when it does apply.
While TECHNICALLY, the science is NEVER 100% "Settled", there a a vast number of topics where the evidence is irrefutable. That is, there is no major research going on to refute those topics. In that sense, the science is "settled". A few of those topics are:
Newtonian Physics (The basic laws of motion)
Mendelian genetics
Gravity
Basic electrical theory (Ohm's law, Watt's law, etc)
The laws of Thermodynamics
Germ Theory
Universal gas law (Pv = NRT)
Electromagnetism
Plate tectonics
Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium
and many more (too numerous to list). So while the term "The science is settled" might be political rhetoric these days, there are times when it does apply.
Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:53 am to CAD703X
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Has there ever been a worse phrase than "THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED"?
It's the secular version of "just have faith". Take that for what it's worth.
Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:54 am to Stealth Matrix
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Once you realize that atheist liberals use Science™ as their replacement for God and religion,
The liberals would love your church donations to be tax donations to the government.
Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:56 am to CAD703X
That usually comes from someone whose mental health status ISN'T settled..... 
Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:57 am to CAD703X
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Who are the morons that eat this up?
Posted on 10/3/24 at 7:59 am to CAD703X
'My truth is pretty dumb.
Posted on 10/3/24 at 8:12 am to Stealth Matrix
quote:They do something similar with the word 'democracy', which means institutions that are controlled by leftists, rather than the will of the people.
Once you realize that atheist liberals use Science™ as their replacement for God and religion, the phenomenon begins to make sense.
Posted on 10/3/24 at 8:32 am to Corinthians420
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Does OP have a problem with climate change science, or politicians using that science to pass legislation that lines their own/their friends pockets?
Seems to me that he has a problem with a phrase that makes absolutely no sense. The science is, in fact, not settled, but in order to shut down any discussion about it that may go against what they "think", they use that phrase as if it is a fact, which it is not.
Posted on 10/3/24 at 8:45 am to CAD703X
Especially since science will never be able to answer questions such as how we got here or why we're here.
Posted on 10/3/24 at 9:01 am to Corinthians420
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Possibly from activists or conservationists.
You shouldn't confuse propaganda with science though. It undermines the actual work done.
Should never been taught as gospel in school.
Posted on 10/3/24 at 9:10 am to bad93ex
School is about teaching kids to obey more than learning. You can't recycle most plastic anyway
Posted on 10/3/24 at 9:13 am to Corinthians420
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After all, he trusted science that his electricity would work, his phone/computer would work, and the internet would work all before he took the initiative to make this post.
So merely existing in the modern world means you trust all science? This is teh argument you're trying to make here?
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