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A. L.'s avatar

Not sure where all the vitriol here comes from. Geez, you guys,

If you are trained in science you are a scientist. We are fundamentally different from others in the way we think and interpret information after our training regardless of what we do for a living. Being a scientist isn't so much a job as a way of viewing the world.

I also can't get over how many people post things with glaring misconceptions in them, misconceptions that are so easily fact-checked. You don't take out loans to pay for science grad school, you get a stipend and your PI or your department pay your tuition.

Not sure why that's relevant anyway?

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I don't think anyone is saying that all liberals are chemophobic. But, in my experience, most liberals ARE chemophobic EXCEPT the ones who are actual trained scientists. I don't know about conservatives...I don't associate with many of them. I think they tend to have different pet issues though.

Most scientists are liberal. Most liberals are chemophobic. That does not, however, mean that most scientists are chemophobic.

(I'm a liberal scientist too)

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