Simon Donner @simondonner.bsky.social

While I can't defend Biden's debate performance, we can't understate the pitfalls of debating someone with no incentive to adhere to facts or decency. Reminds of why legitimate scientists usually won't debate creationists or climate denialists. The denialists play by different rules.

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Cate 🐬 @catebridget.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:16 UTC

people are also overstating the importance of debates, let alone the first one

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Simon Donner @simondonner.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:46 UTC

Scientists follow a systematic approach to building knowledge, and speak from empirical evidence. Denialists grab whatever argument supports their conclusion, regardless of relevance, accuracy, or whether the arguments are consistent with each other. That's Trump method.

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Zionism is fascism 🇵🇸 @mikekarrer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:39 UTC

Ah yes Joe Biden known speaker of the truth

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✿🦢🩰🎃꧁🫒༺❧☽🪐🔆☾❧༻🫒꧂🎃🩰🐈‍⬛❀ @odiledemonicat.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:53 UTC

Damn. Looks like he shouldn't have done it then.

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