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At least this way you convince the educated public that you are credible.

We should avoid names inspired by what amounts to political correctness, because people who see through the names may distrust us further.

However, I do appreciate your point, and I agree that it is a problem. I think the attitude, at least from young white collar professionals, is warming up to nuclear.

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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance was the original name for the imaging technique we call MRI. Patients were scared so they changed the name.

For years I've been confused by the two different names. That was an insightful comment.

It's also important to note nuclear refers to the atomic nucleus and not a nuclear reaction.

Nucleus fission/fusion is what constitutes a nuclear reaction, so they in fact refer to exactly same thing involved in entirely different processes. But yeah you'd have to explain it every time it is mentioned.

You might be swayed by facts. But that makes you one of the minority.

A LOT of people make decisions based on emotion. Then they cherry pick the facts (if any) that support the choice, and disregard the facts that oppose.

This is true. However, I think logical people as a group hold a disproportionate amount of power in society. I'm not sure, though, and I'm only arguing out of, well, logic.

What I mean to say is if I were a politician, I would be more concerned with aligning myself with other politicians, scientists, and policy makers, than my constituents in the initial term. Those who are non-technical may be won over later and with other means.

This is why you won't make it as a politician, sadly.

You need initial popular buy-in to be elected, which is why populist policies will always do well.

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