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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Apr 2017
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      3. Like the other great inventions of modernity (the rule of law, romantic love, "art for art's sake") science is all about process & space

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Apr 2017
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      4. Science is a process (experiment, peer review etc) backed up by institutions that nurture its functioning (universities, journals etc)

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Apr 2017
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      5. The main political task of scientists as scientists is to defend the process & institutions that allow science to function/flourish.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Apr 2017
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      6. In other words, science, like all human activities, is shaped by the polity & needs to work to creating a polity where it can flourish

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Apr 2017
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      7. Historically, we know that science can, to some degree, function in regimes that aren't liberal democracies (Nazi Germany, Soviet Union)

      2 replies 7 retweets 41 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Apr 2017
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      8. But in both those examples, scientific practice often hampered by regime (Lysenkoism in USSR, attacks on Jewish scientists by Nazis)

      2 replies 8 retweets 51 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Apr 2017
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      9. In liberal democracies as well, there are many ways science can be twisted & hampered, usually by the forces of capital.

      1 reply 19 retweets 78 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Apr 2017
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      10. It's not widely appreciated enough that contemporary "war on science" was pioneered by the tobacco companies.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Apr 2017
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      11. When Surgeon General announced in 1964 smoking contributes to lung cancer, tobacco companies pioneered campaign of obfuscation.

      4 replies 26 retweets 76 likes
    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Apr 2017
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      12. Goal of tobacco companies was to muddy the waters, create doubt where none reasonably existed.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Apr 2017

      13. Tobacco companies exploited key feature of science (it's a process not a fixed conclusion) to avoid cost of scientific consensus

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        1. Emily A.  ☮️‏ @emzorbit 22 Apr 2017
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          NRA also suppresses gun violence research. http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-gun-research-funding-20160614-snap-story.html …

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        1. Jim Krehbiel‏ @jimkrehbiel 22 Apr 2017
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          Interesting thread. My conclusion: tobacco companies taught the left how to manipulate science for gain. Unfortunately, tobacco is trivial-

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        1. Jim Krehbiel‏ @jimkrehbiel 22 Apr 2017
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          Compared to gains to be made with climate change. Climate change is tool of globalists-very political. Tobacco was to save businesses.

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        1. THE BEST TIME TO ORGANIZE WAS YESTERDAY ¯\_(ツ)_/¯‏ @parsonshanged 22 Apr 2017
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          While at the same time these companies were harnessing science to make more addictive and hence lethal products in the service of capitalism

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        1. David Jón Fuller‏Verified account @DavidJonFuller 22 Apr 2017
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          This has many parallels in climate change denialism, which claims to be founded on skepticism, but is more like obstinate disbelief.

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        1. Rob Clarick‏ @RobClarick 22 Apr 2017
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          Science is political in its effects. Policy needs to adapt to discovery. But politics, with very rare exceptions, should not limit science

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        1. Liberty Sauce‏ @disturbedsauce 23 Apr 2017
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          Except lung cancer rates have increased, even as smoking rates have decreased. Asbestos and radon exposure are bad.

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