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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTeach 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. Its 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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nadinbrzezinski
Dec 2013
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Brickbat
(19,339 posts)1. Funny that this one is making the rounds again. The sad thing is, judging from other videos she has
uploaded, some believe this woman has some serious mental issues that are going untreated, and is not merely stupid.
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
idwiyo
(5,113 posts)3. Oy...