The whole point of science is that the conclusions depend on the evidence, not what the politicians want. When you do it the other way around, you get nonsense like Lysenkoism which deny you the technical advantages of having an accurate understanding of the world.

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[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 44 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Idiocracy didnt go far enough

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 34 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Idiocracy made the assumption that people were stupid but well intentioned.

Narrator: They were not, in fact, well intentioned

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

for most of them, "research" means rephrasing the keywords typed into google.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago

It is truly depressing to remember the vast majority of people, in the US at least, are only about as smart as a 6th grader.