Comments by "PM" (@pm71241) on "The Issue of Free Speech in Science (Pt. 2) | Jerry Coyne | ACADEMIA | Rubin Report" video.

  1. Christopher Rand ... and what's your evidence for that?
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  2. Jesse Sewell ... first of all. I don't think you have understood Dawkins at all. He is rather specific about that he primarily cares about what's true ... if we have no reason be assume something is true, then why believe it is? ... how is it helpful to believe in falsehoods? So ... why do people believe in falsehoods? ... well you can claim that it has nothing to do with the culture into which they were born and their parents belief. ... I find that idiotic. Especially based on my personal experience on struggling with understanding the "religion" concept most of my childhood until I realized that the only thing holding me back from openly rejecting the nonsense was exactly that: Other people and family expectations.
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  3. Matthew Morton ... Yeah... instant need to label "the enemy" ... as, say "the left".
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  4. Christopher Rand "his tweets" ?? .. could you be specific? And what on earth do "partisan Dem" (whatever that means) have to do whether he's a "skeptic" ... (one has to note that thousands of people these days call them selves "skeptics' without actually being, so I have to wonder whether this makes any sense at all).
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  5. Jesse Sewell ... seems a rational comment to me. But then... I also live in a country who have not elected a guy like Trump and is primarily atheist.
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  6. Matthew Morton Denmark
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  7. Matthew Morton Do you feel grown up now?
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  8. Zakum "Dysfunctional compared to other first world nations in the survey. Millions of Australians aren't killing themselves to go to the US." Exactly ... here in  Northern Europe... 20 years ago young people might have had a dream to go to the US and try to work there. - just for the experience. Nowadays ... not so much. People just shake their head looking at the insanity. Trump getting elected won't help the image of US being dysfunctional.
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  9. N. dG. Tyson ? There are a lot of inspiring scientists... and science communicators.
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  10. llamasarus1 "Matt Ridley" ??!?!? What credibility does he have?
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  11. llamasarus1 ... yeah well.. Trump is president of the US ... Titles really doesn't say much about credibility. Actions do: http://www.monbiot.com/2010/06/01/the-man-who-wants-to-northern-rock-the-planet/
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  12. D Mc Well... there was one specific claim - that there was no "material proof" "love" existed. I suggest he read up upon the hormones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxytocin#Bonding And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasopressin ... and then stop worrying so much about inventing his own metaphysical explanations and just marvel at how wonderful nature is with a sound curiosity for FACTS  
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