Face it -
the left accepts science that reinforces any position the left already has taken.
Not exact matches
Funny, wallace, you mention
science because the
left consistently refuses to
accept the decades of social
science research that says single - and step - parent families are not in fact suitable alternatives to the the traditional 2 - parent family.
But I don't believe they agree on the issue to push some agenda, or be in some tribe, its more that for some reason
left wingers are more
accepting of
science in general, although not unthinkingly so.
For me, that begins with people
accepting that there is no hiding place
left in the
science — the overwhelming consensus of the vast body of scientists that study climate is that the trends we are seeing in the air, the oceans and in our ecosystems are entirely consistent with the theory of global warming, while the alternatives offered by sceptical scientists — even the much heralded role of the Sun — so far fail that test.
It's unclear why the committee didn't immediately exonerate Mann of the fourth allegation — seriously deviating from
accepted practices within the academic community — except that by
leaving it open, the committee apparently hoped to rebuild «public trust in
science in general and climate
science specifically.»
Why is EMH trying to challenge commenters here with his «deniars are those that are willing to ask questions, research and form their own opionions» vs «those on the
left who
accept the highly questionable
science because it conforms nicely with their progressive, big goverment ideology» assertions rather than challenge the scientists at the CSIRO or BOM or NCAR or NASA or NOAA or Hadley CRU... or any relevant department of any leading university?
Surely the tell of fanatics is their unwillingness to
accept any beliefs other than their own — an unwillingness even to
accept the obvious: global warming is obviously about politics and not
science or it wouldn't be a
Left vs. right issue, would it?