Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 21, 2014
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August 22, 2014
Transcript:
Man with red tie: Aww...look! Is there anything more adorable than the smiling face of a newborn think tank? Sign in front of desk reads: Fresh, hand-picked science to order. Big sign reads: Will validate pre-conceived conclusions for corporate funding.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 10 years ago
I know people who’ll do that if I buy the next round.
Varnes over 10 years ago
Did he say abhorrible?….Cuz I would….
Superfrog over 10 years ago
He should have setup in the lobby.
johnt204 over 10 years ago
A lot of that goin’ around.
Randy B Premium Member over 10 years ago
“Science” should be put in quotes, because everyone knows that this is basically lawyerly rhetoric-twisting and has very little to do with any assessment of the best evidence.
Reppr Premium Member over 10 years ago
Next door is a guy who will invent impending catastrophes for government funding.
tripwire45 over 10 years ago
Preconceived conclusions just for corporations? Just about everyone has an agenda they want science to “prove”.
Wiley creator over 10 years ago
“It is widely acknowledged that Wiley has a liberal bent…”-—————————————————————————-
Hmm…in this world of absolute, simplistic labels, let’s see what the dictionary has to say about that…
liberal |ˈlib(ə)rəl|adjective1 open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values
• favorable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms
• (in a political context) favoring maximum individual liberty in political and social reform :
• Theology regarding many traditional beliefs as dispensable, invalidated by modern thought, or liable to change.
2 [ attrib. ] (of education) concerned mainly with broadening a person’s general knowledge and experience, rather than with technical or professional training.-———————————————————————
dabugger over 10 years ago
country less traveled
puddleglum1066 over 10 years ago
Think tanks crafting pseudo-science are so outdated, now that the Supreme Court has made it the law of the land that sufficiently strong belief trumps actual verifiable facts.
Ernest Lemmingway over 10 years ago
Heh. “Hand picked science to order.” Sounds like what most sheeple use.
Wiley creator over 10 years ago
“In any case I did not mean my comment to be an insult.”-———————————————————————
Quite the contrary. Why would anyone be insulted to be described as stated in the dictionary? And why would anyone fear and loathe anyone described as such? Nothing to apologize for. It was a compliment.
watmiwori over 10 years ago
Alternatively, you can prove just about anything with a quotation from the Bible. An atheist can even prove that there is no God. It says so, in black and white. Twice!
dogday Premium Member over 10 years ago
Bacon will kill you? I got science for that. Bacon isn’t so bad. I have science for THAT. Bacon is a valuable nutrient? I have science for that, too. Bacon is one of the building-blocks of the body. I’ve got…well, you know.
Argy.Bargy2 over 10 years ago
Please, someone tell me how to find a newborn think tank. I need a new job…
susan.e.a.c over 10 years ago
Even the CDC and EPA have nothing to do with science anymore.
Fan o’ Lio. over 10 years ago
Wiley certainly knows how to push our buttons.
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 10 years ago
“I know the fish are jumping and cotton is so high”…Sam Cooke – Summertime
lindz.coop Premium Member over 10 years ago
Love me, love me, love me — I’m a lib-er-al (Phil Ochs). (And proud of it).
Marblypup over 10 years ago
Sounds like the UK Government’s kind of think tank.