# Nathan Lents: My Experience With Discovery

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nathan-lents-my-experience-with-discovery/1513>\
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**Created:** [September 5, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nathan-lents-my-experience-with-discovery/1513 "2018-09-05T17:34:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nathan-lents-my-experience-with-discovery/1513/5 "2018-09-06T01:44:54Z")

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> [@Nathan Lents: Why Human Have Such a Needy Diet](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nathan-lents-why-human-have-such-a-needy-diet/1485/113):
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> I think you handled yourself quite well. Overall do you think that DI does science at all?

In my opinion, what they do is nowhere near what we think of as science. The DI is a conservative political group, first and foremost, and it really shows. When an organization is founded with a particular political agenda, no amount of rhetoric about “dissent” and “keeping an open mind” can overcome that. They have an agenda and a posture, and that is completely antithetical to science. Ask them what would change their mind and watch them scramble. Ask me what would change my mind and there is one simple answer: evidence.

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