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		notsosec on April 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Rosalind Franklin contributed to the discover... Power in the sense he got completely cancelled in the west for saying things that are not considered taboo in other parts of the world.

saghm on April 26, 2023 [–]

I think most people consider "truth" to require a higher threshold than "some people believe it somewhere".

peterfirefly on April 26, 2023 | [–]

The problem is that all our empirical data back up his (quite mild) point of view, whether we like it or not. I don't like it and don't think he does either.

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