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Originally Posted by Chris
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.
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If fishing quotas are increased then that's a political decision which could result in different fishing patterns. This is case of looking at a series of probabilities.
To start reading a political stance into the press release is a significant leap. The University will want to maximise the exposure of its work and if its research generates such evidence it will the consider whether such a headline is worth deploying v any offence it might cause.
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Originally Posted by Chris
It’s an opinion piece. It’s an entirely reliable representation of the views of someone who still thinks we shouldn’t be leaving the EU and should remain as closely tied to it as possible, for as long as possible.
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We've already left the EU.
Conflating a desire to extend our current relationship with the EU because of Covid 19 with a desire to remain closely tied to the EU is poor judgment.