View Single Post
  #29   Report Post  
Posted to uk.d-i-y
The Natural Philosopher[_2_] The Natural Philosopher[_2_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 39,563
Default Same old, same old: Taxpayer will pick up cost of Hinkley C wastestorage

On 01/11/16 07:52, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:

In article ,
newshound wrote:
TNP's politics and somewhat vulgar style are distracting you both
from the fact that his description of the scientific method is
perfectly correct, that we test theories by trying to find
counter-examples.


Even so, his view that to be left of centre means to also be
'anti-science' (whatever that means) is totally without foundation or
proof.


That may well be true, but you appear to lack the ability or interest
to look past that for the nub of the matter.

The truth of the matter is that Left of centre means ideology, not fact
based, and social justice oriented, not pragmatic.

People of the left are either emotionally attached to its narrative
(Plowperson), or cynically manipulating the narrative for their own ends
(Blair/Corbyn).

Science is not an emotional narrative, It is a logical and rational
narrative, therefore it is the enemy of those who promulgate emotional
narratives.

--
"In our post-modern world, climate science is not powerful because it is
true: it is true because it is powerful."

Lucas Bergkamp