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ancientcampus comments on Publication: the "anti-science" trope is culturally polarizing and makes people distrust scientists - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ancientcampus 07 February 2014 06:16:52PM 1 point [-]

True. I think hardly anyone on either side would use the term "anti-science". The terms aren't important, but rather the article is referring to the "us-vs-them" mentality.

Also, I like the term "competitor priesthood."

Comment author: Randy_M 10 February 2014 03:50:19PM 2 points [-]

Google only turns up "About 915,000,000 results" for anti-science.