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Bad Science Almost Imposing Restrictive Laws
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RE: Bad Science Almost Imposing Restrictive Laws
January 16, 2013 at 5:57 pm
You see, scientifically ignorant people will see intelligent design theory and the theory of evolution and somehow think they are equal when evolution is a scientific theory, which has a very high amount of evidence required before it can be labelled as such, whereas the intelligent design "theory" would fail even as a hypothesis because it is unfalsifiable.
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RE: Bad Science Almost Imposing Restrictive Laws
January 16, 2013 at 7:17 pm
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RE: Bad Science Almost Imposing Restrictive Laws
January 16, 2013 at 8:04 pm
Yeh - blah blah Global Warming blah blah Climate Change blah blah......

But not one mention about the original post!
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RE: Bad Science Almost Imposing Restrictive Laws
January 17, 2013 at 1:37 am
You mean..
Quote:Background

The brief version is that this began several years ago when a state agency, the Coastal Resources Commission (CRC), selected a 20± member “science panel” to do a scientific assessment of the NC SLR situation through 2100. This could have been a very useful project if there had been balance in the personnel selections, and the panel’s assessment adhered to scientific standards. Regrettably, neither happened and the project soon jumped the rails, landing in the political agenda ditch.

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Quote:… and Backlash

Not surprisingly, the backlash was immediate. These evangelists are used to getting their way, and for legislators to actually stand up against their religion was an unexpected development.

In their anguish they lashed out to anyone they could blame for this roadblock in their crusade — including yours truly. There were numerous rants (some national) lamenting how “good science” was being thwarted by ignorant legislators. Even the Colbert Report had fun with it.

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Quote:UPDATE: On 6/12/12 the NC Senate voted FOR this bill 35 to 12. The NC House will vote in the next day or so.

Some predict that this measure will pass the legislature and then be vetoed by our lame-duck Governor. As an optimist, I’m hoping that since the Governor no longer needs to cater to the green constituency, that instead she can send a message that real science should be the basis of the state’s technical policies. That would give her legacy a major positive boost.

Yes I agree. AGW, Environmentalism, Animal Activism and "Greenieism" are turning into right royal religious pains in the butt and stopping the science getting out in favour of some political outcome/ agenda. It is getting to the point here in Oz that the bad science has just made the population desensitized to immobility when ever a "Greenie" takes centre stage. unfortunately the backlash may just well be inaction.
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RE: Bad Science Almost Imposing Restrictive Laws
January 17, 2013 at 2:05 am (This post was last modified: January 17, 2013 at 2:09 am by The Grand Nudger.)
My sentiments exactly Kichi. You get a guy who brings you some data and says:

"Here's our problem, we can do this, this, and this"
-Okay sounds reasonable, lets do that.

Then you get another

"No, no, no, it's twice as bad and then some, let's transitioning to so-and-so"
-Okay, sounds like a good idea in the long run regardless...but I'm not sure we're there yet - so in the meantime lets go with what guy number 1 suggested while we look into your proposal.

Then, my favorite

"The sky is fucking falling, it's to late, bend over and kiss your ass goodbye, in the meantime pass these laws"
-Go fuck yourself.

I cant imagine a more suitable breeding ground for inaction than this.
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RE: Bad Science Almost Imposing Restrictive Laws
January 17, 2013 at 2:18 am (This post was last modified: January 17, 2013 at 3:20 am by KichigaiNeko.)
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RE: Bad Science Almost Imposing Restrictive Laws
January 17, 2013 at 2:36 am
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Bad Science Almost Imposing Restrictive Laws
January 17, 2013 at 3:08 am (This post was last modified: January 17, 2013 at 3:12 am by Aractus.)
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RE: Bad Science Almost Imposing Restrictive Laws
January 17, 2013 at 3:23 am
And still Daniel, not one mention of the OP.

No one cares about your opinion nor are they trying to stop you from having it....



Good Grief! Get a grip!
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RE: Bad Science Almost Imposing Restrictive Laws
January 17, 2013 at 3:44 am
Oh right and you did?
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