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Science, Art, Architecture, Literature, Philosophy, Politics

Science, Art, Architecture, Literature, Philosophy, Politics

人云亦云，相信偽權威，值得令人深思的一個例子

You might have thought that a strategy of creating doubt about inconvenient research results could work only in soft fields like economics. But it turns out that the strategy works equally well when deployed against the hard sciences. The most spectacular example is the campaign to discredit research on global warming. Despite an overwhelming scientific consensus, many people have the impression that the issue is still unresolved. This impression reflects the assiduous work of conservative think tanks, which produce and promote skeptical reports that look like peer-reviewed research, but aren't. And behind it all lies lavish financing from the energy industry, especially ExxonMobil. There are several reasons why fake research is so effective. One is that nonscientists sometimes find it hard to tell the difference between research and advocacy - if it's got numbers and charts in it, doesn't that make it science? Even when reporters do know the difference, the conventions of he-said-she-said journalism get in the way of conveying that knowledge to readers.

researchers to look for "optimal pulse parameters to evoke peak nociceptor activation" - in other words, cause the maximum pain possible.

Most Greenie causes are, however, at best red-herrings and are more motivated by a hatred of people than anything else.

Lawsuits and emotion vs. science and childhood vaccines.

这是第一次全球网络的实验室可以说一夜之间分享信息，样本、血液、图片。在面对全球健康紧急事件面前，没有了秘密，没有了妒嫉，没有了竞争。这是个开天辟地的网络。