7 Jaw-Droppingly Dumb Things Republicans Think About Science

POSTED BY: Niki2
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SIGNYM

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 4:52 PM

The difference between one kind of science-dumbness and another is not the frequency or the statements, it the process by which a person got to that statement.

A person may say something out of sheer ignorance... that is, untutored in a specific fact. For example, not knowing the number of miles between the earth and the sun.

A person may say something NOT out of factual ignorance, but by sheer rejection of hypotheses which have been so repeatedly tested that they have become facts. This would be rejection of the presence of a force called "gravity", rejection of the fact that the earth is round, rejection of evolution as an ongoing process (in favor of the bible), rejection of (demonstrated) global warming, rjection of the (demonstrable) increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide (alss demonstrated as a greenhouse gas) as being a large part of the cause.

Ignorance can be cured by education, but willful blindness can't be cured by anything. One should always question dogma, but at some point one should also listen to the evidence. A lot of repubicans fail that second part.

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NIKI2

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 7:26 PM

Bingo Sig.

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AURAPTOR

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 8:49 PM

Grown ups who think islands can flip over, or that the flag the Apollo astronauts planted can be viewed from a Mars rover...that's a sort of stupid that runs deep.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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