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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsScientists: 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.
Our research is very preliminary, but its possible that they will become more receptive to facts once they are in an environment without food, water, or oxygen, he said.
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/scientists-earth-endangered-by-new-strain-of-fact-resistant-humansThe 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.
Our research is very preliminary, but its possible that they will become more receptive to facts once they are in an environment without food, water, or oxygen, he said.
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Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans (Original Post)
dixiegrrrrl
Apr 2016
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Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)1. A little old, but still relevant...
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)2. Thing is.....it is "supposed" to be satire
but, much like the Onion of late, it is closer to the truth than is comfortable.
Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)3. That's how the best satire works...
always has, always will. The closer to believable it is, the more effective (and humorous) it is.