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How Free Markets Neutralize Junk Science
RealClearScience ^ | January 17, 2018 | Cameron English

Posted on 01/17/2018 6:12:39 AM PST by artichokegrower

Anti-science activists can be very destructive when they get their way. Groups like Greenpeace attack innovations, sometimes literally, in biotechnology and energy production and millions of people suffer as a result, especially in the developing world. This is evident in Uganda, where the government continues to debate a GMO safety bill this week as beatable agricultural diseases ravage crops.

Science literacy is the obvious antidote to policies that disregard evidence, but there’s an important precursor to implementing it: economic freedom. A free society creates an environment where science can flourish. So if we want to spread science literacy around the world, we may first have to encourage poor countries to embrace ideas like individual liberty and free markets.

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The freest countries around the world, as measured by metrics like low taxes, property rights, and free trade, tend to be the wealthiest as measured by per-capita income. And it’s primarily wealthy countries like the U.S. that invest in scientific research and thus enjoy a cleaner environment and better public health than poorer countries run by authoritarian governments.


Amen my scientific brother.

1 posted on 01/17/2018 6:12:39 AM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Except for that whole “DDT is killing that bald eagles” thing awhile back. Apparently junk science no match for malaria.


2 posted on 01/17/2018 6:19:28 AM PST by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: artichokegrower

As long as we stick to science that is firmly grounded in mathematics and physics, all is well.

Thanks for posting.


3 posted on 01/17/2018 6:22:35 AM PST by onedoug
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To: artichokegrower

Cameron English is a science idiot. A 10 minute internet search supports that statement.

Furthermore, he is a climate alarmist.

He has no credentials and is a freelance writer living in California. He is an opinionated blowhard with hypocritical views on health & climate. Despite his denials, he is part of the Monsanto pro-GMO propaganda network. Read up.

Class dismissed.


4 posted on 01/17/2018 6:52:35 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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To: artichokegrower
I trust the scientific method, not scientists generally. So many have been corrupted by politics. https://youtu.be/LIxvQMhttq4?t=38s
5 posted on 01/17/2018 7:01:31 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: bk1000

Rachel Carson = mass murderer of poor people.


6 posted on 01/17/2018 7:14:19 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: artichokegrower

No mention of the junk science that the anthropogenic climate change crowd worship.


7 posted on 01/17/2018 7:25:40 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: bk1000

Actually I think the bald eagles and golden eagles were being shot by sheep ranchers. I remember as a kid seeing several eagles hanged on a sheep ranch fence gate, next to coyotes and a mountain lion.


8 posted on 01/17/2018 7:26:36 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: AlaskaErik

It’s because he’s an alarmist, a card-carrying member of the junk science propaganda troop proselytizing about his version of “science.” His twitter handle is, ironically, @camwritessogood.

It would be humorous if so many people didn’t fall for his BS (including here).


9 posted on 01/17/2018 7:41:36 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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To: BinaryBoy

English is no scientist. He’s an opinionated propagandist writing articles for profit.


10 posted on 01/17/2018 7:43:10 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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To: NohSpinZone

Rachel Carson = mass murderer of poor people.

Conservatively estimated at 10,000,000 and counting ...


11 posted on 01/17/2018 7:54:53 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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