Saturday, February 11, 2017
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist
Something has bothers me about the bulletin of the Atomic Scientist. They are the group that puts out the doomsday clock readings. The Doomsday Clock is a political opinion about the state of the world. The clock value is presumably determined by people who are atomic scientists. I have no idea what an atomic scientist is. Maybe they mean nuclear scientist or one who studies the atom. I know what a scientist is so lets run with that. They are scientists who offer political opinions. There is no science of politics at all. Perhaps in the future Asimov will be right but not now. They are people who are good at science giving a political opinion. They are trying to use the great name and reputation of science to color their political opinion. That is not reason to ever even listen to what they say at all ever. Its all just made up by people who are trying to use expertise in one area to claim expertise in another different area. Seem like some kind of logical fallacy, supercalifabricatiousphonylogicalfallacism.
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