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The Argumentative Scientist


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1 Raman Research Institute, C. V. Raman Avenue, Bengaluru 560 080, India
 

In a recent interview, Barak Obama deplored the changing ethics in public life remarking that ‘people are entitled to their opinions but not to their facts’. Misrepresentation of facts, to sway beliefs and convictions and persuade people to accept a conjecture, appears to have pervaded politics globally. I suppose it is only a matter of time before the scientific community, with disappearing lung spaces that leave little options for entertainment other than the loud media, is re-educated into accepting this diabolic emerging tactic.
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R. Subrahmanyan
Raman Research Institute, C. V. Raman Avenue, Bengaluru 560 080, India

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In a recent interview, Barak Obama deplored the changing ethics in public life remarking that ‘people are entitled to their opinions but not to their facts’. Misrepresentation of facts, to sway beliefs and convictions and persuade people to accept a conjecture, appears to have pervaded politics globally. I suppose it is only a matter of time before the scientific community, with disappearing lung spaces that leave little options for entertainment other than the loud media, is re-educated into accepting this diabolic emerging tactic.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi2%2F193-193