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Originally Posted by Nich

Bingo. There's nothing scientific about the policies being put in place, but yet people resisting policy decisions are very quickly labelled "anti-science". Data and science are reframed and cropped into the form of political weapons as it currently stands. No more seeking a verifiable truth, just clobbering one another with our set of carefully selected facts.

The Government likes to say it follows expert advice - that is not quite true

Despite its scientific pretensions, the current Government ignores expert advice almost as often as it takes it on board.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...not-quite-true