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Politics : Mainstream Politics and Economics
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To: Sea Otter who wrote (10044)2/22/2012 3:22:48 PM
From: longnshort3 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 85487
 
"It's a close analogy. Back a few decades ago the tobacco companies spent a lot of money trying to discredit scientific research. They funded institutes that tried to undermine research and tried to spread misinformation. A lot of people died as a result, believing this nonsense. It took a generation for the scientific truth to finally prevail over those vested interests."

everyone knew they were bad for you, they called them coffin nails in the 1920s, cancer sticks in the 30s and 40s.

Scientist are people also with families, they like money also.

Plus universities put pressure on them to get grant monies.

Plus some are major league Marxists and would do anything to stop capitalism. My Father in Law was like this.
A rocket scientist and a marxist.

I would point out how it never worked anywhere and he would reply it would work here in the US.

You do know that the
National Academy of Sciences is just an evil corporation taking advantage of the 99%. I'm surprise you support a corporation
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