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ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 01:42 PM Jul 2015

Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans

MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report) – Scientists have discovered a powerful new strain of fact-resistant humans who are threatening the ability of Earth to sustain life, a sobering new study reports.

The research, conducted by the University of Minnesota, identifies a virulent strain of humans who are virtually immune to any form of verifiable knowledge, leaving scientists at a loss as to how to combat them.

“These humans appear to have all the faculties necessary to receive and process information,” Davis Logsdon, one of the scientists who contributed to the study, said. “And yet, somehow, they have developed defenses that, for all intents and purposes, have rendered those faculties totally inactive.”

More worryingly, Logsdon said, “As facts have multiplied, their defenses against those facts have only grown more powerful.”

More Satire here: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/scientists-earth-endangered-by-new-strain-of-fact-resistant-humans

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Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans (Original Post) ghostsinthemachine Jul 2015 OP
that is not satire, that is the truth!!!!!!!! hollysmom Jul 2015 #1
Scary isn't it? Cleita Jul 2015 #2
Yes - this is a keeper malaise Jul 2015 #4
This one is a good one, indeed. HuckleB Jul 2015 #3

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
2. Scary isn't it?
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 02:31 PM
Jul 2015

It's like when SNL did a skit on Sarah Palin and her interview with Katie Couric with Tina Fey and Amy Pohler. They just did the interview verbatim because they couldn't have written better satire themselves.

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