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24/09/23
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Originally posted by Scott th Ratbag:
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"You say universities are there to engender how to research information, but on their terms not yours." . ..... "swim against the tide" but ensure you have evidence to back your argument is the means of gaining credibility. ...... academia and sciences rely on evidence, empirical data to substantiate any hypotheses.... this is how knowledge grows and evolves. why do you reckon Darwin succeeded? because he had the evidence to back his claims..... same with Einstein and every other major catalyst for changing the paradigm of knowledge. absolutely correct you have the right to an opinion. opinions that are respected though also need substantiation, evidence to support the opinion. this is why I frequently deride memes. simplistic thought bubbles swallowed bolus by ill-informed people who are too lazy to fact check for themselves. Langton was misquoted of course.... misquotes are all memes have. it doesn't mean what the meme says it means.
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"Langton was misquoted of course..." She was also quoted accurately, equally devastatingly. She didn't say 'NO' voters were racist. She did say that the ideas for the 'NO' case - all of them , mind you - were either stupid, or based on racism. What an insult. Very valuable asset to the 'NO' side, this woman. Worth a few percentage points, which may well sway the result.