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Old 08-19-2016, 10:47 AM   #254
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher View Post
Science requires scepticism, resisting irrational impulses, and a willingness to challenge norms. As environmentalism evolves into a kind of secular religion (which we are seeing already), it loses those essential scientific qualities in favour of piety, conformity, and the comforts of simple moralistic thinking. Dissent is quashed with shaming, while complex interactions and trade-offs are dismissed in favour of the most simplistic course of action.
This paragraph could have been written during the Reformation.
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