| ▲ | joejoe638 6 hours ago | |||||||
This take is completely blind to how sciences has worked throughout history of humanity and specifically post major world wars. Additionally, it is based on a false notion that political banners in software helps in pursuing anyone let alone change political outcomes. | ||||||||
| ▲ | deathanatos 5 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
Science has absolutely engaged in the politics du jour, including in major world wars. See, for example, the Szilárd petition[1]. (If you need a post-WWII example, those same scientists continued petitioning after the war on the dangers of nukes, too.) Further, political banners in software have absolute helped, and have changed political outcomes. As an example of that, SOPA, and later PIPA, were defeated by websites such as Wikipedia (which are software) putting banners aimed at informing the public of those bills. | ||||||||
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