> Science denialism should be punishable by law like holocaust denialism is
in some parts of the world.
This has done *way* off-topic, and I won't be posting further here. However,
I'm genuinely interested in a (respectful) discussion about the philosophy of
science, and the boundaries of academic freedom. With people making comments
like the above, and actually defending them as serious suggestions, it's
clearly a discussion we need to have.
I find very few of the people that resort to such appeal-to-authority ridden
arguments have actually studied science beyond high school level, and even
fewer have studied the philosophy of science at a tertiary level. As it
happens, I have, and I'm happy to share what I've learned, and learn from
others. I've opened a table in the Troll Hole for such a discussion here:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/science-denialism-academic-freedom-and-philosophy-science
