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  • WolfLink@lemmy.mltoScience Memes@mander.xyzBig Science
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    3 months ago

    While conflicts of interest can and do exist, a lot of, if not most, science is done by grad students who are just trying to get their degree and are really there because they are passionate about discovering new things more than anything else.









  • WolfLink@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlI Think I Am Committing Voter Fraud
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    4 months ago

    This is that “enlightened centrism” false equivalence.

    I honestly can’t believe that in good faith you can compare Biden and Trump as equals.

    One is a president whos platform is making minimal change.

    The other is a president whos platform is to tear down democracy and human rights.

    If you honestly can look at these two and say they are equal than I have to conclude you are at least indifferent to maintaining democracy and human rights.

    I know the “counter argument” is about Biden and Israel/Gaza, but the thing is, that’s not really up for debate because I don’t believe there’s any chance Trump would be better about Gaza.

    There are 2 options:

    • death in Gaza and status quo in the US
    • death in Gaza and loss of human rights and possibly our democracy in the US





  • Face it: there are only two candidates who realistically have a chance at winning the general election. It’s been that way for every US election we’ve seen.

    If you vote for someone who doesn’t have a realistic chance of winning, that’s about the same as just not voting at all.

    So you really have 3 choices: candidate A, candidate B, or indifference.

    And there are two possible outcomes: candidate A or candidate B.

    If one of those outcomes is at all preferable to the other, (e.g. either A is “better” or B is “worse”), it’s strategically best to vote for the main candidate you prefer, since that increases the chance of getting your preference of the two outcomes.