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Fear Ebola Outbreak Could Make Nation Turn to Science

posted by azrael on Tuesday October 21 2014, @03:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-the-worst-possible-result dept.

c0lo writes:

The Borowitz Report reveals:

In interviews conducted across the nation, leading anti-science activists expressed their concern that the American people, wracked with anxiety over the possible spread of the virus, might desperately look to science to save the day.

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Additionally, he worries about a "slippery slope" situation, "in which a belief in science leads to a belief in math, which in turn fosters a dangerous dependence on facts."

 
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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday October 21 2014, @06:53AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 21 2014, @06:53AM (#108126) Journal

    citation?

    Needed?

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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday October 21 2014, @07:04AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday October 21 2014, @07:04AM (#108127) Journal

    Meta-citation?

    And the Lord said, get the fuck off my lawn, you mere creatures, full of bile and phlegm!