Russ Campbell's Blog: To Be Valid, Must Science Fit the Worldview of the Left?

Russ Campbell’s Blog: To Be Valid, Must Science Fit the Worldview of the Left?

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Politics • April 2014 • Views: 877

The opposition and other leftists are quick to accuse the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper of ignoring science and experts inside and outside of government in pursuit Conservative political objectives. They are such hypocrites.

It is many of these same leftists who refuse to accept science and expert findings when it suits them. Take the following recent examples:

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4 comments

Keep Texas Prisons Rapey!1!1!1!!! Apr 26, 2014 4:10:56pm

Well, I don’t think science itself even has a political agenda, does it?
Science is what it is and what it will always be. Evidence based.

Now, I think sometimes science and philosophy become intertwined, which can cause some confusion, mainly because philosophy deals in “truths” where science deals in facts.
Still, comparing the examples in the article to what the people in the USA are up against from the right, in terms of science fitting a world view, is really nothing.

worknhard Apr 26, 2014 4:54:04pm

“Philosophy deals in “truths”“

I don’t think so.

Facts are the truth.

bratwurst Apr 26, 2014 5:46:01pm

These projects are opposed by environmentalists and other leftists because they believe it will advance development of Canada’s strategic Alberta oil sands, a prospect they loathe.

Yes environmentalists are ALL leftists…and their agenda is to hold back Canada in general, and Alberta in particular.

Keep Texas Prisons Rapey!1!1!1!!! Apr 26, 2014 8:12:47pm

re: #2 worknhard

Truths, as in the human story. Philosophy deals with the truths of life, as we experience them. Science deals with facts. Sometimes people mix the two up and think philosophical truths are a fact, when they are not.

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