In science we trust ... but do you trust scientists?
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Can we trust science? Malpractice, prejudices and religious beliefs are reasons why some people don't believe in scientific findings or scientists. Are you a sceptic too? Vote and join our discussion!
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In science we trust?
Scientific advancements have profoundly contributed to the improvement of people’s life (e.g. knowledge, way of life, health, communication, transportation, etc.) The belief in science's power has also increased throughout human history. Most people now believe and trust in science because they realize how much of their welbing and comfort depend on scientific progress. We owe to scientists and research the glasses we wear, the cars we drive, the electricity we use, the TV we watch, and medical treatments we undergo.
However, science and scientists have not won the hearts of everyone. Many people are sceptical or show a strong disbelief in certain scientific claims. Numerous domains in science have historically suffered from scepticism. Probably the most notable case was that of the Italian astronomer and pysicist Gallileo Galilei whose defense of helliocentrism and Copernicanism earned him a trial by the Roman Inquisition and spent the rest of his life under house arrest. Still today many people are very sceptical of some scientific discoveries such as the theory of evolution (principally in the USA),1 the use of vaccines,2 or the human impact on global warming.3
Malpractice in science
Although sometimes scepticism is the result of prejudices, religious beliefs or lack of information, there are other cases in which it is fully justified due to malpractice by some scientists. In particular there is a growing problem with the publication of false results.4-8 A measurable consequence of this phenomenon is the increasing number of manuscripts which have to be withdrawn from publication in scientific journals because of misconduct (~40% of withdrawal cases).6 Ten years ago, numerous scientists officially recognized that they modified data to obtain grants,4 and more and more cheating researchers are being unmasked.4-8 The main reason for such detrimental behaviour is that a scientist’s career completely depends on his/her number of publications in scientific journals with high impact factor. A journal’s impact factor reflects the number of times other scientists have cited the published work in the respective journal. Therefore, the higher the impact factor is, the more innovative and important a publication is considered to be. Consequently, publishing in journals with high impact factor will determine a scientist’s success for obtaining funding, for their job security, career improvement and reputation.
Can we trust science? What is your general opinion about science today? Is scientific rigor being sacrificed in order to produce media headlines or an increasing number of publications? Do you fully trust scientists or do you often question the truth of their recent discoveries? Vote in our poll and share your views below.
References:
1. Gallup (June 2012) In U.S., 46% Hold Creationist View of Human Origins (article)
2. Dubé E, Vivion M, MacDonald NE. Vaccine hesitancy, vaccine refusal and the anti-vaccine movement: influence, impact and implications. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2014 Nov 6:1-19.
3. Wikipedia, Global Warming controversy (article)
4. Martinson BC, Anderson MS, de Vries R. Scientists behaving badly. Nature. Jun 9 2005;435(7043):737-738.
5. Hamblin TJ. Fake. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). Dec 19-26 1981;283(6307):1671-1674.
6. Fanelli D. How many scientists fabricate and falsify research? A systematic review and meta-analysis of survey data. PLoS One. 2009;4(5):e5738.
7. Van Noorden R. Science publishing: The trouble with retractions. Nature. Oct 6 2011;478(7367):26-28.
8. Martinson EA, Piper HM, Garcia-Dorado D. How to catch a cheat: an editor's perspective on a new age of plagiarism and data manipulation. Cardiovasc Res. Oct 1 2011;92(1):1-2.
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Mind Reading Technologies and Tongues - Governments from around the world have been using mind reading technologies that can read your mind. They use the same technologies that God would use to talk to you. They use Remote Neural Monitoring (RNM) against us. Look it up online. Satellites delivered to space by Space X founder Elon Musk, The Russian Federation, The Federal Government and NASA. Comparable to cellular satellites. It’s a high bandwidth U or Z linking A signal that listens to your brains wavelength and reads your conscience. Activating up to 40-90% of your brain. Many define it as a form of telepathy. People who can talk back and hear the satellite with their mind talk tongues. They've had this technology for years now. Not informing the world to stay ahead of our civilization. To be as intelligent as the combined world they record our thoughts. They steal our ideas, murder, blackmail and use it as a tool for war. You sometimes get a headache when a mind reading machine is on you. Suspected users of mind reading technologies are as follow: Vladimir Putin, Donald J. Trump, Xi Jinping, some in DARPA, Chancellor Merkel, Justin Trudeau and Benjamin Netanyahu. Were to hold are governments accountable. A Ravenous wolf in sheep’s clothing - An alien spirit reborn as a Human being. They use A.I. and walk the Earth. An alien had shot an asteroid at us. Fire and brimstone to reborn Earth. He was working with the devil an alien being. The devil walked. God saved us. Destroying an alien ship. The devil to tell us we weren’t deserving and bring back his deserving. Aliens. To use our image from the casket that preserved our flesh. For us to be damned to hell for cremation. The devil to conquer the world. Mathew 7:15 Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. Your spirit is in your brain and leaves your body when you die. The spirit slowly rises towards the North Pole after death. The atmosphere to keep your spirit contained. A solar flare can kill your spirit. Your conscience/soul controls much of the brain and the brain controls the body. To be brought back as flesh and bone means to be reborn as a clone. Wolves in American and Russian governments have been stealing spirits for their memories to help them conquer the world. Look into monopoles (spirits). Utilizing the Bermuda Triangle changing the magnetic compass .003 degrees. Transferring spirits to technologies. The simulation. Not disclosing the true purpose of certain military bases at the Bermuda Triangle and the North Pole. A spirit can be put in a chip and be reborn. The clone grown around the chip within a tank like a womb. Artificial intelligence can also walk as flesh and blood using a programmed chip similar to a robot. Not meant to be. They can create remote controlled clones much like a remote-control vehicle/robot that have computer brains. Utilizing satellite reception and signal strength. Grown in labs around the computer where the brain would be. Some are partial brain and computer. Using the flesh from the ethnicity preferred. Many can be commanded to/not to perform a certain task. They can see and hear through them. Having them raised in the country they want to conquer. To win an election in your country and have others get into positions of power within military, intelligence, elite society and space agencies. Also having them do their wet work. We need to be educated on these technologies. There taking our world. Revelation behold, he is coming with the clouds. A spaceship from Alpha Centauri. The planet Kent. I was told Jesus Christ landed in Russia. A spirit can fly a spaceship. No natural life support needed. God saved him from the devil unfortunately his ship was low on energy. He had to land. President Putin gave his word to him. Jesus was to have 7 days to honor flesh and blood. Jesus to walk and honor the church. He wanted to inform the world and save me and you. President Putin and Trump denied him. Not telling the world. Many said Jesus is stuck in his ship at a top-secret installation in Russia similar to area 51. We need to save many other souls. They have our friends and families. Were to prove a reborn clone, UFO's (seen using micro waves or at area 51), hacked satellites, telescopes and mind reading technologies. To find the clone labs and destroy them. The clones to change our genome. They want to deny our children. To deny us free will and take our world and soul. Many in positions of power. To look you in the face and lie. About a 120 billion souls from Earth now live in a medium class ship between Earth and Mars. God saved them. No hell. You can communicate with them if you have a line of communication with a satellite. The government hiding much. Purgatory is Mars. To improve overtime and become a flesh and blood experience. Your spirit can become a robot. Energy is life. Humans to honor the full rotation of life. Not to deny natural existence. That we can bring ourselves back. Were to walk as 1. A form of creation is to redistribute matter and alter a big bang. We live in a Multiverse. Spirits to be added to evolution. Bred in from Kent. Earth to become a tier 1 civilization. To have 1 heaven on Earth. To have a democracy of heaven and Earth. For us to live like kings in time. Humans to learn they have spirits. Science and technology to prove them. Church to become community and teaching. Many religions to become 1. To be self-reliant. Were to save of ourselves. To have judgment on evil beings walking as flesh and blood humans. God and Allah one in the same after the New Testament. The devil to split us apart. God said I’m to tell you a revelation. For me to teach you prophecy and fix his word. The devil changed word to push his agenda. A man talking tongues to save the world by informing you. God wants his original doctrine to be released along with the book of Judah. The truth to come out. The Catholic Church to obtain it from Pope Francis. Please spread the word. Christopher, I speak tongues. prophecyisnow.com
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