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Bob L's avatar

It occurs to me that the issue is bigger than science; the issue is freedom of speech, freedom of association, etc. Science is just one of many institutions that rely on those freedoms to function properly. Literature, history, entertainment, education, business, democracy, government, and lots of other things need those freedoms to function properly.

The loss of these freedoms has probably been happening a long time, but most of us haven't noticed until the COVID fiasco made it obvious. Most of us haven't felt any need to test our freedoms by moving in directions that our governments don't like. We have been like animals in invisible cages that didn't realize they had lost their freedom.

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Lawrence Butts's avatar

It is much better to lose “everything” than auction your soul to the highest bidder.

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