Philosophy Professor Wants To Criminalize Scientific Dissent

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Same kind of law that put Galileo under house arrest.  What a defense of "science".

Lying is commonplace in society.  Perhaps it would do well to remember that you can jail anybody for saying anything if you have the power to do so.  The state would determine what science is instead of the scientists themselves.

Curious that I  recently wrote something similar to what this professor advocates.  Did I go too far?  If I did, it is already standard practice to punish an organization for misrepresenting their product.  In that instance, propaganda is misrepresented as news.  In othe instances, one could be punished for claiming a medication does what it clearly doesn't.  Other examples can be found, I'm sure.

Could anyone consider the global warming theories as a misrepresentation of science and jail their proponents?  I think a better case could be made for that than what this professor is advocating.