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‘Politicians don’t understand science’: advisers give evidence at UK COVID inquiry
Submitted 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to scicomm@mander.xyz
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03706-y
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Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 11 months ago
ProcurementCat@feddit.de 11 months ago
Politicians don’t need to understand science, they simply have to trust scientists. That’s their job.
When politicians don’t do that, you gotta fire them. And only the voters can - but the voters refuse to do their job.
DessertStorms@kbin.social 11 months ago
And only the voters can - but the voters refuse to do their job.
I love how people conveniently ignore the masses of propaganda we're all exposed to, never mind that the system (which said propaganda is there to protect and uphold) is designed to serve a select few, not the actual people - "If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it".
ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They probably understand and trust the scientist. I haven’t seen much that goes against this.
This is issue is they don’t care about the people they govern, especially the private educated aristocracy that runs the UK. Sunak said in private the deaths don’t matter, not that the scientist were wrong. Boris also said let the bodies pile high.
The issue is we are governed by the worst amongst us. Out of touch and out of ideas. The only thing they have is control of the media and endless funding from the most suspect characters.
dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
Oh they do.
Treczoks@kbin.social 11 months ago
FTFY: "Polititians don't want to understand science". People in politics are usually good with people, connections, talking, and relationships. And anything from bad to horrible in logic, math, and science in general.
Notable exception: Dr. Angela Merkel