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rdean
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I love the "either/or" world of the right. Everything black or white, good or bad, right or wrong. Such a "simple" world.
There is no doubt of an impact. The entire central part of the US has enormous iridium deposits that match the timing of the creator and the geology perfectly.
The debate is whether the "impact" was the "reason" the dinosaurs became extinct or the "final nail in the coffin" of an on going process that included weather change, massive volcanic activity, disease or possibly a combination of all three.
What I don't like about the right questioning science is their motivation.
Science questions itself all the time. That's the nature of science. The goal post is forever being moved as new evidence is discovered, knowledge and understanding obtained and new interpretation of existing date being discussed. But the motivation of the right isn't any of these things. For the right, it's all about "discredit".
The right points to scientists who may have different views of the same data as proof the data is a "lie".
Whether it's "evolution, global warming, or whatever". In the "simple" world of the right wing, if the answer isn't "simple" or if it's "debated", then that means evolution is a lie and global warming is fake. And that's what it's all about. We have a name for those that prefer "simple".
It's "Simpleton".
There is no doubt of an impact. The entire central part of the US has enormous iridium deposits that match the timing of the creator and the geology perfectly.
The debate is whether the "impact" was the "reason" the dinosaurs became extinct or the "final nail in the coffin" of an on going process that included weather change, massive volcanic activity, disease or possibly a combination of all three.
What I don't like about the right questioning science is their motivation.
Science questions itself all the time. That's the nature of science. The goal post is forever being moved as new evidence is discovered, knowledge and understanding obtained and new interpretation of existing date being discussed. But the motivation of the right isn't any of these things. For the right, it's all about "discredit".
The right points to scientists who may have different views of the same data as proof the data is a "lie".
Whether it's "evolution, global warming, or whatever". In the "simple" world of the right wing, if the answer isn't "simple" or if it's "debated", then that means evolution is a lie and global warming is fake. And that's what it's all about. We have a name for those that prefer "simple".
It's "Simpleton".