Comment: "... scientism, the notion that the only valid means of understanding ...  is via science and the scientific method."
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Thus David Mulroney conjures a straw man that he then proceeds to ridicule.
There are serious issues to face. Two of them are
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(a) the threat to democracy of the targeted spread of misinformation and polarisation through social media; and
(b) the undermining of evidence-based decision-making, whether on climate change, public transportation, taxation, criminal law, immigration, abortion ...
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It is long past time that government - including the Crown - stopped pandering to the falsehoods of political and religious demagoguery.
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The US disaster was brought about by the hypocrisy of right-wing religious voters.  Their religious quackery is now a clear menace to the world.
David Mulroney expects the Crown to pander to quackery?
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We would not tolerate holocaust denial from the Crown.
David Mulroney expects the Crown to pander to climate change denial?