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Scientific American's departing editor and the politicization of science

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473 points Bostonian | 1 comments | 18 Nov 24 22:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.239s | source
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favorited ◴[19 Nov 24 00:00 UTC] No.42178638[source]▶
> For example, did you know that "Denial of Evolution Is a Form of White Supremacy"?

Yes, because I read Inherit the Wind in middle school.

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anonymousiam ◴[19 Nov 24 00:35 UTC] No.42178918[source]▶
Ugh. I'm sorry, but could you please explain yourself? I also read Inherit the Wind in middle school, and my understanding is that it fictionalized the (true) story of the "Scopes/Monkey Trial", which was an ideological conflict between science and religion. It's been over 50 years, and maybe I'm so pure that I disregarded any racial context, but I don't remember any.

How does "White Supremacy" come into the story, or the denial of evolution as a whole?

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IvyMike ◴[19 Nov 24 01:10 UTC] No.42179140[source]▶
As a whole?

White supremacists hate the idea that they could have had non-white ancestors. Belief in a white Adam & Eve is much more in line with their world view. Non-whites were created by "the Curse of Ham". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham

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1. FooBarBizBazz ◴[19 Nov 24 01:26 UTC] No.42179237[source]▶
As usual, when a "Christian" wants to be un-Christian, they do it by mining the Old Testament.