i dont really accept that equivalency but there are some commonalities between the debates that even a dummy like me can see
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This is why I'm so concerned. It seems like "trust scientific consensus, don't deny science" only applies when people like the results.
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Replying to @slatestarcodex @pnin1957 and
to me, and this is my dummy opinion but here goes, climate gets a pass because the mechanism behind the warming...
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Replying to @mtsw @slatestarcodex and
... (greenhouse effect caused by increased CO2 in atmosphere) is obviously correct which means the models dont really need to prove it
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Replying to @mtsw @slatestarcodex and
whereas the underlying mechanism by which black people are supposedly stupider doesnt have a good or coherent explanation
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What do you mean by "explanation"? Does the mechanism where Irish people have more red hair have a "good explanation"?
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Replying to @slatestarcodex @pnin1957 and
we understand very clearly which genes cause irish people to have red hair and we have good theories as to why they were selected
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Replying to @mtsw @slatestarcodex and
our ideas about intelligence are a lot less good!
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I don't think we actually know that much about red hair at all. There are theories, but there are theories for intelligence too.
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Replying to @slatestarcodex @pnin1957 and
they've isolated the genes for hair color is what i mean. obviously the evolutionary explanations have to be merely theories
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I'm not sure we know 100% of hair color genes. I think we might know 10% or something of intelligence genes.
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