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Seems like a mistaken inference here. Winning a Nobel Prize in physics or chemistry does not imply any knowledge of or expertise in science policy. Just as someone who has a genius for inventing better engines isn't necessarily going to be good at running a car company.
This isn't to say that the critics in Q know any better, just to point out that expertise in one field of science is a very different thing from expertise in science policy.
I might be more convinced if the article provided any details as to *why* Brexit threatens science, but it doesn't.
One could argue this is an example of the well documented "halo effect" bias. Tell people someone has a Nobel, they infer said person is Very Clever and therefore must Know About All The Things en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effe…
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Insightful stuff from Stephen as usual. People’s Vote campaign still haven’t figured out good message to win the referendum they campaign for. One problem imo is the one @hugorifkind identified today - Remainers have gone Conan and are more interested in venting than persuading
Imagine a horde of #fbpe types descending on the nations doorsteps to explain to joe public that he is a racist moron duped by Russians into blaming all his problems on the immigrants who keep this country running, who has now been given a golden opportunity to reverse his error.
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OK, time for my 2019 predictions thread....
1. Brexit. I have very low confidence in this, given the huge uncertainty and wide range of options but here goes:
We will go right to the edge of the A50 deadline, maybe even a little past it, but in the end May's deal will get voted through after an absolutely awful March
May's deal has two advantages - it starts with a large pool of votes, and it requires less steps to achieve than any of the other options.
With both Lab and Cons unwilling to co-ordinate on an alternative, and unwilling to work with the Other Side despite internal divides...
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Will do a thread of 2019 predictions tomorrow. First, a thread on things I got wrong in 2018. 1/?
Starting with the question which consumed us in Britain in 2018: Brexit. A year ago, my expectation was that we would have secured and voted through a deal by this point in time. The deal would pass at the second or third time of asking, with Labour votes to overcome ERG rebels.
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