Ideological messianism, prizing loyalty over competence, a dedication to outsourcing government functions to enrich political allies, a conviction that propaganda can overcome the bleakest realities, blithe dismissal of empiricism of any kind

There is a widespread belief that human generated blue light is more detrimental to most animals compared to other colors. Does this technique tell us anything about this?

I guess here the metaphor is “closing the barn door after someone fucked the cow”