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Why can't science change a thing when it comes to national policies? Like immigration, energy policy, guns in society or police?

How do we ignore the issues? Do we need these prisons? Is an open borders policy safer? What about the carbon emissions and the traffic?
How does science fail to help anyone in America change course?
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Graylight · 51-55, F
This is true in the US. I can't say whether it applies elsewhere.

I'm finding a terribly disturbing trend, and it's that some people truly cannot distinguish between a credible source and trash. Further, they fail to understand the crucial difference between an accepted fact and interpretation of limited knowledge leading to mere opinion. I actually had a user tell me that "YouTube is my friend" for political information.

Americans are the geo-political equivalent of arrogant, petulant teens. We won't believe what doesn't fit our narrative. Because in the Land of the Free, you choose you truth first and then gather all the 'facts' you need to support it. And while we're busy building the mightiest military on the planet, glimmer men abound to dazzle you with bright shiny lights and giddy illusions. It's their vocation and it pays very, very well.