On the unApplication of unScience
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luzribeiroThis is what Uncyclopedia has to say on the application of science:
"Scientific theories inform public decision-making. Scientific theories are objective and do not depend on the opinions of any of the treacherous people performing the science. Most delightfully, if anyone should object to the legislation that results, they can be accused of being Bible-thumping troglodytes. Some will proudly agree with this accusation, and the rest will sputter and be unable to respond.
In the diagram at left, science tells us that highway fatalities lessen when we import more fresh lemons from Mexico. The only remaining steps in this process are hiring bureaucrats, who will compel grocers to import more lemons than their customers want, and ridiculing opponents. Government planners extend the straight line in the graph to determine how many fresh lemons the nation will have to import, either to prevent all future highway fatalities, or to "reduce them to an acceptable level.""
When two phenomena are "linked" through scientific observation, the consequences for public policy are crystal-clear:
"Scientific theories inform public decision-making. Scientific theories are objective and do not depend on the opinions of any of the treacherous people performing the science. Most delightfully, if anyone should object to the legislation that results, they can be accused of being Bible-thumping troglodytes. Some will proudly agree with this accusation, and the rest will sputter and be unable to respond.
In the diagram at left, science tells us that highway fatalities lessen when we import more fresh lemons from Mexico. The only remaining steps in this process are hiring bureaucrats, who will compel grocers to import more lemons than their customers want, and ridiculing opponents. Government planners extend the straight line in the graph to determine how many fresh lemons the nation will have to import, either to prevent all future highway fatalities, or to "reduce them to an acceptable level.""
When two phenomena are "linked" through scientific observation, the consequences for public policy are crystal-clear:
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