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Scientific discovery requires sustained funding for decades, and politicians can destroy it in a single budget cycle.

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Scientists want to know the evidence behind a statement; they want reproducible tests and verifiable facts. There is a big difference in the thought process of a trial lawyer who is interested not in what’s true but what he can convince a jury is true.

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My father was actually a chemist. He got a degree in chemistry from Stanford.

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April 23, 2024

My father was actually a chemist. He got a degree in chemistry from Stanford.

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April 23, 2024

Scientists want to know the evidence behind a statement; they want reproducible tests and verifiable facts. There is a big difference in the thought process of a trial lawyer who is interested not in what’s true but what he can convince a jury is true.

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