I don't know about NZs relationship with science (or how to quantify that). But compare them to other countries. The UK ignored the warning for weeks and did nothing until it was in a much worse position than most nations. The US is still struggling.
And more widely, other countries are very anti science at the moment. The UK refuses to follow scientific advice on almost any subject. From Brexit to Badger Culls to fracking to emissions to drug policy, the UK gets excellent advice and does the opposite. The USA similarly has climate deniers running the federal government. Being pro science is very easy by comparison.
I get where you're coming from, there are too many "isn't science great" articles and people agree with them from their own bias, not sense. But be careful, you may be making the opposite mistake. Or maybe you're right? :)
It is softer science but there were many warnings of the problems to come with the approach including London's financial dependence, their current supppy and demand for workers being fulfilled by it and parts of the legal code left undefined by severed dependencies. Soft as the science may be it may be you just can't get a baby in a full month with any number of volunteer fertile not currently pregnant women and volunteer virile men.
Regardless of one's views of the goals or even the geopolitics there were many predictable issues that would need to be addressed before a split that weren't to make the idea look and sound good but make the transition worse.
And more widely, other countries are very anti science at the moment. The UK refuses to follow scientific advice on almost any subject. From Brexit to Badger Culls to fracking to emissions to drug policy, the UK gets excellent advice and does the opposite. The USA similarly has climate deniers running the federal government. Being pro science is very easy by comparison.
I get where you're coming from, there are too many "isn't science great" articles and people agree with them from their own bias, not sense. But be careful, you may be making the opposite mistake. Or maybe you're right? :)
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