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nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
Wed Dec 18, 2013, 07:24 PM Dec 2013

Teach our children well... oh boy

you gotta watch this to believe it.

Aside from the hilarity, the video is a perfect example of how ignorance of science goes hand-in-hand with conspiracy-mongering. It’s also noteworthy how “chemtrail” alarmists express nearly identical concerns about the prismatic nature of certain contrails.


http://deadstate.org/woman-doesnt-understand-how-light-refraction-works-conspiracy-theory-ensues/

Now let me go do this, since this is the kind of idiocy that will be our undoing.



Ah yes, Sagan does indeed come to mind...
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Teach our children well... oh boy (Original Post) nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 OP
Funny that this one is making the rounds again. The sad thing is, judging from other videos she has Brickbat Dec 2013 #1
exactly Kali Dec 2013 #2
Oy... idwiyo Dec 2013 #3

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)
1. Funny that this one is making the rounds again. The sad thing is, judging from other videos she has
Wed Dec 18, 2013, 07:33 PM
Dec 2013

uploaded, some believe this woman has some serious mental issues that are going untreated, and is not merely stupid.

Kali

(56,895 posts)
2. exactly
Wed Dec 18, 2013, 08:33 PM
Dec 2013

this is not an example of ignorance so much as a stupid internet video (OLD) that is more about making fun of somebody drunk or ill

but then we are dealing with an expert, so who are we to point out any kind of fallacious hyperbole

pass the relish

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