Re: OT: New imaging method enables detailed RNA analysis of the whole brain

On 26/11/2024 7:26 pm, Liz Tuddenham wrote:

Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:
 

On 26/11/2024 2:35 am, Jan Panteltje wrote:

On a sunny day (Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:45:19 +1100) it happened Bill Sloman
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On 25/11/2024 4:59 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:

On a sunny day (Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:37:05 +1100) it happened Bill Sloman
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On 25/11/2024 12:24 am, Jan Panteltje wrote:

On a sunny day (Sun, 24 Nov 2024 20:31:41 +1100) it happened Bill Sloman
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On 24/11/2024 5:33 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote:

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The religious right in the USA seems to like Donald Trump, which is
really very strange. He does tell them what they want to hear, but they
really should have enough sense to realise that that is the only reason
he spouts that kind of nonsense.

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He is against the global Woarming religious fanatic groups, many people
are fed up with that dogma.

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Except that it isn't any kind of religion. It's based on scientific
investigation, not dogmatic assertion,

 It is followed like a religion and a lot of the 'science' in the popular
media is utter rubbish.

The Murdoch media do publish a lot of climate change denial propaganda. I'm sure that they are paid well for doing it.

There may be some good science somewhere, but
unless it supports the popular beliefs and dogmatic assertions it is
never heard - that seems like religion to me.

There is a lot of good science in all the good science places.
Newspapers like the Guardian with a commitment to publishing reliable information push the more digestible parts of it from time to time, but British science journalism isn't great. George Monbiot has specialised in the area, but he's unusual. Dutch science journalists do tend to have science degrees and can do better.
Good science doesn't look anything like religion. If you know enough to understand the science you won't make that mistake.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney