https://cjhopkins.substack.com/p/the-criminalization-of-dissent-revisited
#criminalization #dissent #thought-crimes #newnormal #germany #corona #denialism #corporate #censorship #totalitarianism #zinn #quote
● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Khanna ☞ Rep. Ro Khanna: Big Oil Must Confront Climate #Denialism, Meet #Emissions Pledges https://truthout.org/video/rep-ro-khanna-big-oil-must-confront-climate-denialism-meet-emissions-pledges/
the thought just struck me... regarding this statement in https://joindiaspora.com/posts/cbb74d10d5e50139eb7d005056264835#5f32f600d5f20139eb85005056264835 @Katherine Bond
I’m still following the science.
sounds more like following scientism.
not sure how one follows science, as that's contrary to science.
keep questioning, then you're into science.
#scientism is #dogma and official doctrine, which to oppose, is to be a heretic, and a witch, to be hunted and killed. you can call it science in your #orwellian respin, but it's still scientism, still dogma, not science.
and for extra #irony, coming from someone "following the science", they've blocked me, so i can no longer send this reply there. XD oh yes, how very scientific... XD ... along with my other replies there that were there but have been removed, presumably under "Sorry folks. Did a little house cleaning." ... cringe. scary, those people eager with the #ignore button on those with #differentPerspectives, maintaining their naive-realist world-view unchallenged. really scary. i have trouble with that kind of actively cultivated willful ignorance.
XD #plusporans #dumberthanmaga #neolibtard #shills #goons #suspect #cryptofascists #npcs #runfromthetruth #runtothosewhoclaimtohavefoundit #backwards #fools #tragic #wilfulignorance #naiverealism #denialism #ignoranceisbliss
#thisisnotwhatsciencelookslike #censorship #noquestionsallowed #nothoughtallowed #nointelligenceallowed
... In brief, the six principal plays in the denialist playbook are:
- Doubt the Science
- Question Scientists’ Motives and Integrity
- Magnify Disagreements among Scientists and Cite Gadflies as Authorities
- Exaggerate Potential Harm Appeal to Personal Freedom
- Reject Whatever Would Repudiate A Key Philosophy
The purpose of the denialism playbook is to advance rhetorical arguments that give the appearance of legitimate debate when there is none. My purpose here is to penetrate that rhetorical fog, and to show that these are the predictable tactics of those clinging to an untenable position. If we hope to find any cure for (or vaccine against) science denialism, scientists, journalists and the public need to be able recognize, understand and anticipate these plays. ...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-denialist-playbook/
#denial #denialism #antivaxxers #ClimateDenial #covid19 #epistemology
Greece’s economic crisis has deepened since it was bailed out by the international community in 2010. The country underwent the sixth consecutive year of economic contraction in 2013, with its economy shrinking by 20% between 2008 and 2012, and anaemic or no growth projected for 2014. #Unemployment has more than tripled, from 7·7% in 2008 to 24·3% in 2012, and long-term unemployment reached 14·4%. We review the background to the crisis, assess how austerity measures have affected the health of the #Greek population and their access to public health services, and examine the political response to the mounting evidence of a Greek public health tragedy.
PDF-file
http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140673613622916.pdf?id=aaaMh5sd7otiHcz6Rsuru
#europe #publichealth #thelancet #Analysis #statistics #healthcrisis #healthpolicy #merkel #economy #politics
In firming up the References section of the dreddit Wiki, I've been looking for a good source of idiots^Wcritics of peak oil / limits thinking. I believe I've just hit the mother lode: Robert L. Bradley's "Resourceship: An Austrian theory of mineral resources".
I ran across this looking for citations and preferably critiques of Milton Friedman's
"The Energy Crisis: A Humane Solution", itself worth a demolition critique.Instead, hosted at GMU (Koch affiliated educational institution), I found an essay by Robert L. Bradley, Libertarian CEO of the Koch-affiliated Institute for Energy Research:...
Continued at the dreddit in "Bradley's Bunch: a passel of Peak Oil protestation purveyors"
#peakoil #energy #resources #limitstogrowth #denialism #denial #cornucopian
