People who think they are allergic to wi-fi, cellphones, and microwave ovens.
ffs.
Tell me this isn't actually a thing. Please.
People who think they are allergic to wi-fi, cellphones, and microwave ovens.
ffs.
I would say 'alternative medicine' is one that particularly annoys me because of how frequently I encounter it. Blatant rejection of the basic principles of science.
Diet and nutrition. Scientific research says Vegan diets and High carb diets are bad for you. Every Vegan I know is left leaning.
I agree with the person who said nuclear power. The others, perhaps with the exception of alternative medicine, are fairly fringe. Irrational fear of nuclear power is really strongly prevalent on the left, though, and has caused poor policy decisions in the past - e.g., as is happening in Germany right now. It also conflicts with a key goal often associated with the left - reducing carbon emissions - so in that sense it is doubly harmful people won't consider it.
I agree with the person who said nuclear power. The others, perhaps with the exception of alternative medicine, are fairly fringe. Irrational fear of nuclear power is really strongly prevalent on the left, though, and has caused poor policy decisions in the past - e.g., as is happening in Germany right now. It also conflicts with a key goal often associated with the left - reducing carbon emissions - so in that sense it is doubly harmful people won't consider it.
Tell me this isn't actually a thing. Please.
That would be my snapshot reaction. But if you think about it, glowing trees that "leak" into the broader ecosystem would be fucking disastrous for many, many ecologies and species.And trees are big wind-distribution systems. Any sterilization we attempted would eventually go wrong.
The anti-nuclear group is pretty complex, a lot of it is political, a lot of it is NIMBYism, but a lot of it is pretty anti-scientific I would argue. I've heard a lot of arguments about how we'll all be knee deep in nuclear waste if we build more plants, or that every facility is a Chernobyl/Fukushima waiting to happen.
Vegan diets aren't necessarily bad for you.
Not sure if this fits in here but some of the arguments I've heard against Nuclear power as a viable source of energy really just bothers me.
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Most are, and a diet that includes meat is much better for you.
Well the word used was street lamps, so I am thinking it would belong mostly in big cities along the sidewalks or medians.
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Most are, and a diet that includes meat is much better for you.
Nonsense.
I feel like there's pretty heavy overlap with libertarianism in a lot of these rather than extreme but traditional "leftism". Dietary stuff does seem to be the province of the left though.
It is not my fault you hate science
The things in the OP don't strike me as left leaning. Maybe they are in America I don't know but to me 9/11 truthers are Alex Jones types.
Oh you don't even want to hear about the people who "get sick" from having wind-power turbines within 5 miles of them...
Nonsense.
I don't remember you posting any science?
I finally got around to watching last week's Real Time yesterday. When Maher was going off on his first guest about how the flu vaccine is bullshit I was close to just turning it off. He's pretty famously liberal, and I know he's got issues with vaccines but that was just frustrating to sit through.
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I agree with that. There's definitely this point where "leftism" and libertarianism kind of loop back around a meet up, and this means both groups can often be found to support similar bad ideas in addition to the good ones.
You're both right. Meat is currently economical and convenient and easy, excellent protein. However most of what it offers could eventually be gained from vegetarian sources and vat grown meat. I'd be happy with either of those eventual solutions as long as flavor, texture and nutrition weren't compromised.
I think 300 years from now it will be weird if we're still torturing and killing animals for food.
OH BOY
Yeah, I'm saying that leaves and pollen don't care that they start in the city.
Took the words out of my mouth.OH BOY
The IQ difference between white and black people. It doesn't fit peoples worldview so they reject it.
http://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/rushtonpdfs/PPPL1.pdf
Most are, and a diet that includes meat is much better for you.
Well deep in the urban core, there aren't many places the pollen can fly off to that aren't urban.
The IQ difference between white and black people. It doesn't fit peoples worldview so they reject it.
http://psychology.uwo.ca/faculty/rushtonpdfs/PPPL1.pdf
If you think that IQ is an objective measure of "genetic intelligence", you're just as foolish as people who think that vaccines cause autism.