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Old 20-12-2020, 13:20   #5143
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Re: Brexit-Transitional Period Ends 31/12/20

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Sorry, but what the what now?

No mathematical model can predict political decisions. All it can do in this case is predict fish stocks based on different fishing patterns. Attempting to use these models in the way the university has done is inherently political because it has had to make political assumptions in deciding which models to run and how to report the data (which it has done in a press release that has clearly taken a political stance on the issue).

The tragedy here is that the uneducated will look at this and go 'ooo science' without being able to see the blatantly political way the science is being exploited.

I think the part in bold could apply to more than fishing & Brexit
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