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Yeah, I hate to agree with throwing DHS at something, but this is exactly the kind of thing they should be doing.


This sounds like the best use of DHS I've heard of since their inception.


That's the thing... science is a method. If you have actual evidence, and reproducible results, then they speak for themselves. The problem is the wholesale, willful ignorance of this method.


> That's the thing... science is a method.

Exactly. Politicians and media outlets want us to believe science is just the opinions of people with credentials, regardless of evidence or consensus from others with similar credentials.

Once those opinions are shared by enough political supporters, those same politicians and media outlets will do everything they can to amass evidence which supports them. It often comes in the form of quasi-scientific studies with unmentioned flaws and limitations. If you're lucky, the studies will even be peer reviewed; but once the opinions which the study seeks to verified have been so heavily politicized, it's much harder to trust the effectiveness of peer reviews.


No. One particular flavor of politician wants you to believe science is just "opinions". You're simply highlighting that those people are liars. That has nothing to do with the scientific method.


> No. One particular flavor of politician wants you to believe science is just "opinions".

I'm not sure exactly which "flavor" you're referring to, but if I'd have to guess I'd say its the political party which aligns least with your own opinions.

> You're simply highlighting that those people are liars. That has nothing to do with the scientific method.

Yeah, that's what I said. Science is a method used to establish evidence for patterns and relationships. The opinions of individuals are not necessarily couched in science, regardless of their credentials.


Like what? Climate change for example has been independently confirmed so many times now - where is a list of papers that you are sure have been manipulated to suit political aims


I'm going to guess they are talking about different leadership from the one which started the Iraq war.


I still lean towards something along the lines of The Miller-Urey experiment[0]. There are many very interesting theories[1].

But who is to say it isn't a combination of both? The question would be, from whence did the life on comets/extra-terrestrial bodies originate?

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%E2%80%93Urey_experiment

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis


Nah they weren't asleep, but they were standing on the wrong ship, looking backwards.


It's funny that your lies about the left are lies themselves. Actually, it's not funny and it's how trump whipped up thousands of people to attempt a coup last week.


Everyone, please stop engaging this person who is arguing in bad faith, and only seeks to waste your time.


Each state makes 6-9 copies of the certifications that get sent to Congress. And each house of Congress gets their own stamped/sealed and certified "originals". So I would say there was next to zero chance of the ballots being destroyed having any lasting impact, other than the sheer horror of it occurring, of course.


You could have shared a more neutral article title like this[0] instead of that charged phrase: '"Anchor baby" is a term (regarded by some as a pejorative'

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthright_citizenship_in_the_...


Yes, I could have. But I didn't. Oh well.


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