• limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      The public is never good at stats, or complex ideas that cannot be converted into a good old fashioned sound bite.

      Maths hardly ever change major policy by themselves. Often it’s only an accident of political necessity when policy is backed by statistics or science

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        The general public is one thing, but that doesn’t excuse the positions of activist organizations like Greenpeace that should’ve been better-informed.