I see POALsters spinning their wheels in the Comment section. The problem with scientific debates is that without a meaningful REALITY MODEL, the entire debate amounts to a dick-measuring contest, with the Lib/Commies always winning.
The best explanation is via allegory, with the last time the human race was stuck in a Dark Age scenario. Prior to Galileo, ALL of the Academic elites and authority figures in the Western World advocated Geocentrism, while they exiled Galileo et al for advocating the truth.
Without a Heliocentric model, we'd never get a Theory of Gravity. In lieu of Heliocentrism, we'd only get elaborate ruses such as "epicycles", analogous to today's make-believe theories of "strings" or "Dark" matter and energy. These are literally "hocus pocus" phrases with ZERO meaningful interpretation yet they're routinely espoused by the so-called "experts" and "authorities" on the matter.
Without science, namely proper scientific modeling, we're just a bunch of grunting cavemen. When the "right wing" solution to fraudulent science is to say "God Wins" or some other meaningless platitude, the Left wins the debate by default.
There's no "left/right" solution to such a conundrum, as the "right" side of the equation is just there to cuck to what the left dictates, as per an actual equation (e.g., 1+1=2, where the right side of the equation "...=X" is entirely derived from the left-side). At least with pure math we have some agreed-upon axioms, but even these are woefully incomplete to describe anything beyond math.
The extensions to mathematical logic required to derive a coherent, scientific THEORY OF REALITY are formalized and outlined in the CTMU by Chris Langan. (which is of-coursed, banned from Facebook). Only via CTMU modeling can a reality model be inclusive of Life, Consciousness, and Biological Evolution. No "materialistic" or strictly academic account can explain such issues. http://knowledgebase.ctmu.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Langan_CTMU_0929021-1.pdf
The alternative to a coherent REALITY MODEL is political servitude to dictators. Without Galileo, we'd still be living in grass huts paying tribute to feudal lords, thinking the Earth was flat and the Sun & planets all orbited our planet. This is what the Left wants to return to, while the religious-Right will simply negotiate for a place at the Dark Age table, perpetually failing to even comprehend the issue, let alone address it.
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