• EleventhHour@lemmy.worldEnglish
    485·
    2 years ago

    This statement is on the verge of being a strawman argument. The first compares science to other systems of knowledge, while the second criticizes the subjects of scientific study under a capitalist influence.

    These two statements do not refer to the same thing in context.

    Edit: clarity

          • GrammarPolice@lemmy.worldEnglish
            63·
            2 years ago

            Bro, what point are you actually arguing against? The person you replied to never made a point about research bureaucracy.

            Google ignoratio elenchi

              • lunarul@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3·
                2 years ago

                Capitalism is provably directly producing unscientific research at research institutions,

                So you agree the second statement is not really about science.

          • EleventhHour@lemmy.worldEnglish
            43·
            2 years ago

            I very clearly explained the strawman.

            Just because I pointed out that your argument is flawed doesn’t make me Maga or some kind of Trump supporter. It just means you made a bad argument.

              • LengAwaits@lemmy.worldEnglish
                5·
                2 years ago

                I have no horse in this race, topically speaking, but your continual return to name-calling (“Cheney Dems”, “Blue MAGA”) belies your attempt to come across as a good-faith participant in this discussion. There are people out there that think differently than you, and there always will be. Using pejoratives, reducing people you don’t know to mere “thought-terminating cliches”, is not conducive to civil discussion or persuasive dialectics.

              • EleventhHour@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                2 years ago

                If you’re going to ignore everything, I’ve already said, I see no reason to continue. You’re obviously arguing in bad faith, and I’m not going to enable that compulsion.