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Yes!!! Science is real! (Original Post) RKP5637 Nov 2017 OP
I have 1 small correction... NoMoreRepugs Nov 2017 #1
Thank you. kag Nov 2017 #4
That's an insult to the trees that became the sawdust! BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #5
It's actually Pond Scum and Manure. Thor_MN Nov 2017 #7
That's better BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #9
They also found alfredo Nov 2017 #2
I want this on a T shirt but flying_wahini Nov 2017 #3
Maybe Trump's tie would do! RKP5637 Nov 2017 #6
Science saved my soul (from religion) Xipe Totec Nov 2017 #8
Science rocks! Mountain Mule Nov 2017 #10
Thanks! RKP5637 Nov 2017 #11
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Javaman Nov 2017 #12
How does a science-denier explain a cellphone? lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #13
I think what he meant was... Javaman Nov 2017 #14
Oh I know; I'm an A.C. Clarke fan. lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #15
Of course science is real Herb Spence Nov 2017 #16
Can't agree on all of this, but thanks for posting your viewpoint! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #17
Chemtrails? Moon landing a hoax? Anti-vaccine? BootinUp Nov 2017 #18
Ill go one at a time Herb Spence Nov 2017 #21
Herb, pal, have u really tried to learn BootinUp Nov 2017 #24
Yes, of course. Herb Spence Nov 2017 #26
Well, well. I'm apparently not as smart as you. Could you explain panader0 Nov 2017 #20
Whoa! Who let him in here! He got past Tiny and the velvet rope! Aristus Nov 2017 #30
If we are part of the universe, does that mean the universe is becoming self aware? Kaleva Nov 2017 #19
Which universe ... there are many! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #22
Not the one where I am always young, super rich and immortal Kaleva Nov 2017 #23
Ok! lol n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #25
Love this SCIENCE recap! Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #27
Scale of the Universe/Branches of Science Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #28
Very interesting!!! Thanks!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2017 #29

Mountain Mule

(1,002 posts)
10. Science rocks!
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 11:10 AM
Nov 2017

I studied climatology in grad school and have to admit to being depressed by the presumption that science has been taken over by a bunch of charlatans.

Your post just made my day. Thank you!

Javaman

(62,530 posts)
14. I think what he meant was...
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 12:57 PM
Nov 2017

think about the cargo cults.

primitive cultures that when they first saw airplanes, thought they were from the "gods" then build bamboo and straw replicas.

aka magic.

on edit: smart phones aren't sufficiently advanced to be thought of as magic.

those who think so, they are morons.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
15. Oh I know; I'm an A.C. Clarke fan.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 01:01 PM
Nov 2017

In fact, my job depends on a major technology he proposed decades ahead of its time.

I'm just speculating on how a science-denier's mind works. So...the earth is flat, but I can point a satellite dish at something out there in the sky and pick up a TV signal. Climate change isn't real and massive growth in wildfires and floods doesn't mean anything until I have to make my insurance claim.

 

Herb Spence

(9 posts)
16. Of course science is real
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 01:31 PM
Nov 2017

but you can’t just mix in a bunch of unscientific assertions with a few facts in order to smuggle them underneath the heading of “science.” Just saying “vaccines work” is not a refutation of the mounting evidence of the potential harm they may be causing to be our kids.
There is now way more scientific, logical, material & testimonial evidence that the moon landing was a hoax, than that it actually happened. I recommend a video on the subject on a YouTube channel called “Better Humanity”; should be easy to find & I consider to be rather decisive regarding the question. You should watch it.
Of course climate change is real; the climate has been constantly changing since the formation of planet earth, & certainly always will be. But as to the claim that human use of fossil fuels is causing the climate to change in a way that represents an existential threat to the planet itself, is just as likely to be (yet another) political bogeyman designed to scare us into ceding ever more arbitrary authority over our lives, liberty & property to politicians & bureaucrats, than a valid scientific claim.
Chemtrails are most certainly a thing. To say they’re not is not “science,” it’s straight up willful ignorance.
The fact that evolution is real does not preclude the existence of God. Atheists, as such, cannot legitimately point to evolution as supportive of their argument. In fact, one might just as easily point to evolution as evidence in FAVOR of the existence of a divine creator.
I agree, we should stand up for science. But we should make sure that what we’re standing up for really IS science & enlightened understanding; rather than just blindly accepting & repeating interested sophistry promulgated by political hacks.

 

Herb Spence

(9 posts)
26. Yes, of course.
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 11:14 AM
Nov 2017

Are you aware of how arrogant & foolish it is to presume that because I believe some things that you don’t, means that the bases of my beliefs must not be valid or “reputable”?

Aristus

(66,377 posts)
30. Whoa! Who let him in here! He got past Tiny and the velvet rope!
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 11:28 AM
Nov 2017

Before you are launched off this site for the troll that you are, just be aware: spreading misinformation about vaccines is unethical in the extreme. But you know that, don't know? Enjoy your stay. What do you want on your tombstone?

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