# "If you elect Biden, he'll listen to the Scientists!" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 19, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323 "2020-10-19T13:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/1 "2020-10-19T13:16:06Z")
Trump apparently sees this as a BAD thing. As a scientist, it’s a selling point to me > [@](#): > > “If you vote for Biden, he will surrender your jobs to China. He will surrender your future to the virus. He’s going to lock down, he’s going to want us to lock down,” Trump said. > > “He’ll listen to the scientists,” Trump continued. “If I listened totally to the scientists, we would right now have a country that would be in a massive depression, instead of, we’re like a rocket ship. Take a look at the numbers.” “We’re like a rocket ship” Yeah – the _Nostromo_ > **[USCSS Nostromo](https://avp.fandom.com/wiki/USCSS_Nostromo)** > > The USCSS Nostromo, registration number 1809246(09), was a modified Lockmart CM-88B Bison M-Class star freighter owned by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation and commanded by Captain Arthur Dallas, registered out of Panama. The Nostromo operated as a... “Take a look at the numbers.” Just shy of 220,000 this morning. > **[COVID-19 Map - Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center](https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html)** > > Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) > **[Trump Mocks Biden: If Elected, 'He'll Listen To The Scientists'](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-biden-will-listen-to-scientists_n_5f8d04dac5b67da85d1f86c2)** > > The president apparently thinks that's a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/2 "2020-10-19T13:34:17Z")
I have a genuine concern that the world is heading towards another dark age. Can you imagine if these anti-science morons had input into the Apollo program? They would have canceled it because of the firmament or something. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/3 "2020-10-19T13:49:09Z")
Is this as dire, or more dire, than taco trucks on every corner? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/4 "2020-10-19T14:05:27Z")
The mess we are in is because his moronic show ‘The Apprentice’ was cancelled. He shouldn’t worry though, he will still be the center of attention by some guys with the initials AG. And I agree with you @Ike_Witt, while progress is slow sometimes, his supporters want to take two steps backwards. Again, and again, and again. Not caring about the cliff behind them, because that’s ‘science’. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/5 "2020-10-19T14:10:25Z")
“He’ll listen to the scientists,” Trump continued. I damn well hope so, that’s why I’m voting for him. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/6 "2020-10-19T15:11:30Z")
Why can’t we have both? A president who listens to scientists, _and_ taco trucks on every corner? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/7 "2020-10-19T15:16:34Z")
Is that better or worse than a president who listens to taco trucks and a scientist on every corner? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/8 "2020-10-19T15:19:30Z")
Ronald Reagan said facts are stupid things back in 1988. Karl Rove claimed conservatives can create their own reality back in 2004. Donald Trump is the result of this. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/9 "2020-10-19T15:39:11Z")
Has this been made into another [just Donald saying something] “I’m Joe Biden, and I approve this message” ad yet? (The first one was Donald promising we’d “never hear from him again” if he were to lose). ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/10 "2020-10-19T15:50:02Z")
While in Pennsylvania, Trump [said](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/us/politics/trump-rally-pennsylvania.html) he’d never come back to Pennsylvania if he loses the state. Here’s hoping he makes the same promise in the other states (particularly Florida) and there’s a blue wave. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/11 "2020-10-19T15:59:58Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Ronald Reagan said facts are stupid things back in 1988. Karl Rove claimed conservatives can create their own reality back in 2004. Donald Trump is the result of this. Or to quote Adam Savage: “I reject your reality and substitute my own!” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/12 "2020-10-19T16:27:45Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > While in Pennsylvania, Trump [said](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/us/politics/trump-rally-pennsylvania.html) he’d never come back to Pennsylvania if he loses the state. Oh, dear. Whatever will people in Johnstown do with their Tuesdays from now on? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/13 "2020-10-19T16:47:49Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Is this as dire, or more dire, than taco trucks on every corner? Well, that and her emails. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/14 "2020-10-19T17:13:31Z")
**Biden Responds** > [@](#): > > “If I listened totally to the scientists, we would right now have a country that would be in a massive depression, instead of, we’re like a rocket ship,” the president added. “Take a look at the numbers.” > > Biden needed just one word to react to the jab: “Yes.” > **[Biden Has 1-Word Response To Trump's Insult That He'll 'Listen To The...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-trump-coronavirus-scientist-response_n_5f8da449c5b62dbe71c51a45)** > > COVID-19 has claimed more than 219,000 lives in the U.S., but the president is still warning against lockdown measures. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/15 "2020-10-19T17:16:54Z")
_“We’re like a rocket ship.”_ And, do tell, sir, how did we get rocket ships? I _think_ it had something to do with scientists, didn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/16 "2020-10-19T17:19:10Z")
Can’t wait for the other Trump Predictions of Doom: “If Biden wins, he’ll support reasonable legislation!” “If Biden wins, he’ll appoint competent people!” “If Biden wins, there will be no more insulting nicknames for people!” ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/17 "2020-10-19T17:35:17Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Ronald Reagan said facts are stupid things back in 1988. And it was a slip of the tongue and he immediately corrected himself: _“Facts are stupid things – stubborn things, should I say._ [Laughter].” I believe he was trying to paraphrase John Adams. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/18 "2020-10-19T18:13:26Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Or to quote Adam Savage: > > “I reject your reality and substitute my own!” I was actually thinking about that quote when I was writing my post. Has anyone ever questioned Savage about why he adopted such an anti-scientific slogan? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/19 "2020-10-19T18:17:55Z")
Pretty sure it’s a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323/20 "2020-10-19T18:29:33Z")
For some unfathomable reason, I prefer an economic recession over an increase in permanent cemetery residents. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-elect-biden-hell-listen-to-the-scientists/923323.md?page=2)