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Post by rmarks1 on Jan 26, 2018 0:03:16 GMT -5
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Post by raybar on Jan 26, 2018 10:54:24 GMT -5
If you are willing to risk utter despair about the stupidity and ignorance of certain people, watch some of the flat earth channels on youtube.
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Post by faskew on Jan 27, 2018 10:09:45 GMT -5
A great many flat-earthers are also fundamentalist Chrisitians who believe the earth is flat because that's what the Bible says, so there's no point in trying to confuse them with evidence. Fossil evidence of an old earth? Lies planted by Satan to fool good Christians. And on and on and on. 8-<
When I was a young pup, I used to believe that increasing education around the world would clear up such nonsense and we'd all someday live in more of a Star Trek type world. Alas, I was way too optimistic. Sigh.
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Post by raybar on Jan 28, 2018 12:47:51 GMT -5
Yes, Fred, I know. Here's an equation for you - -
(fundamentalist religious indoctrination) + (complete lack of basic scientific knowledge) = (willful ignorance) = (stupidity)2
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Post by faskew on Jan 28, 2018 17:42:42 GMT -5
Sounds about right. Unfortunately, a common problem with current government appointees. Apparently it's better to not know anything about the stuff you're supposed to be in charge of. 8-<
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Post by rmarks1 on Jan 29, 2018 13:35:20 GMT -5
Sounds about right. Unfortunately, a common problem with current government appointees. Apparently it's better to not know anything about the stuff you're supposed to be in charge of. 8-< Just the current appointees? How about the last 8 decades of appointees? Bob |
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Post by faskew on Jan 29, 2018 14:26:08 GMT -5
Sometimes they've been political, but sometimes (in the past), they've actually been knowledgeable about their subject. My personal fave was the lawyer he tried to make a Federal judge who had never tried a case in court. LOL
And, of course, there are all the current losers in charge of science things who don't believe in science. Etc.
Yeah, there's always some politics involved, payoffs for supporting the party and so on, but I don't think it's ever been this bad in my lifetime. Granted, only 7 decades, not 8. 8-D
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