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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:09 AM Original message |
Why scientists are seldom Republicans |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. Science is about FACTS. Republicans don't "do" facts |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. You're being nice. I call them outright lies. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. Scientists live in the real world of facts. They deal in proof, not belief. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. same for college faculty members |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I've know two college faculty members who were of the jaw-dropping style of conservative. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. that sounds quite unusual - are the faculty from from a conservative/religious school? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. No. They are from fairly standard universities. |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Evolutionary science? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Genetics |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
33. As a professor from a large university, I can assure you that this is a bit of a myth. |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Great post |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Those are your personal observations and do nothing to refute the survey, |
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Retired AF Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. And we all know just how accurate surveys and |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 07:28 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. You seem to be a bit confused |
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lefthandedlefty (247 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Do they teach at religous type schools |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm surrounded by Republican scientists. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I have encountered Republican scientists. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Do you think that's more a result of blind faith rather than conservatism? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. It is because of the characteristic I have found in many right-wingers |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I see. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think more important than "facts" is the ability and desire |
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OutNow (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. Fact Based Politics in former USSR |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
11. I miss William F. Buckley. THERE was a Conservative who not only thought before speaking.... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. You mean William Whites-Are-The- More-Advanced-Race Buckley? |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Do you get paid by the ad hominem, or does it come to you naturally? |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Odd fact... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. I wonder how they identified the scientists. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. Why am I not surprised? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because it's very difficult to be both smart and republican. Durr. |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. If I were a scientist... |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. Reality has a well-known liberal bias |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
21. Just about every Engineer I have ever known was a Republican |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. engineers are student sof how things work |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. This is great...a definite K&R! |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. It looks like the study was of |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
30. K&R |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
31. I know a NASA engineer who does not believe in |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 07:33 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. I worked for DOE for about 25 years and most of their Engineers were right wing zelots |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
32. Because a party that creates it's own reality is not good for the scientific method |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. I a agree with the sentiment but Blumner doesn't name a |
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tj2001 (685 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-16-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. Most physicists are liberals, and most engineers are registered Republicans. |
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