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> Really seems that SCIENCE does a lot better in the public eye at the moment when it goes populist rather than cloistered

Except vaccines. And chemtrails. And moon landings. And and and...

I'm a populist by nature but let's not get carried away here.

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All of those viewpoints you alude to are extremely fringe movements and are in no way populist.

You would be surprised. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/9991988/40000-ch...

These movements share a message: "the man is screwing us little people". That's a populist message, which it's why they're much more popular than their actual craziness would otherwise grant.

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