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TBF

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18. Science is hard.

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Sun Sep 13, 2015, 10:22 AM

Sep 2015

People want to believe in mythical figures providing the glorious heaven ... they don't want to use complex reasoning to understand the science. It is extremely frustrating.

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"I'm at a loss for words." [View all] Hissyspit Sep 2015 OP

It's truly amazing that so many in the scientific community are in on this hoax Martin Eden Sep 2015 #1

Our collective ignorance is truly frightening. nt Live and Learn Sep 2015 #2

We are an arrogant species. -none Sep 2015 #5

+1 and love your user name. nt Live and Learn Sep 2015 #7

Thanks -none Sep 2015 #10

Yep, we are one or else we are none. nt Live and Learn Sep 2015 #16

It's criminal for lawmakers to deny climate change tblue Sep 2015 #3

They remember Jimmy Carter talking about limits, swept out by "Morning In America" Ronald Reagan Overseas Sep 2015 #35

Reagan was actually quite the technocrat--a "we'll just invent our way out of it like we did last MisterP Sep 2015 #36

They will discover that ignorance is never malaise Sep 2015 #4

Unfortunately, most of them will probably die of natural causes before the real consequensces hit. Live and Learn Sep 2015 #9

All except for Cheney.... dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #29

So true. nt Live and Learn Sep 2015 #41

Among all the other things, all you tens of millions of kids enjoy that soccer game they drove you jtuck004 Sep 2015 #6

Nothing has worked because the ruling class is insanely greedy. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #30

I just got back from Alaska a week ago DFW Sep 2015 #8

Florida has had huge rains. Lake Santa Fe is in folks' backyards. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #37

It's a crisis and we need to act NOW rosesaylavee Sep 2015 #11

This Changes Everything.... daleanime Sep 2015 #12

Yes! rosesaylavee Sep 2015 #23

Thanks for the recommends! daleanime Sep 2015 #26

My efforts have always been met with anger. Duppers Sep 2015 #14

Mine too, or with denial Brainstormy Sep 2015 #15

My brother, along with others.. Duppers Sep 2015 #17

Don't send it him then -- but keep rosesaylavee Sep 2015 #21

Good advice. Frankly, the Far Right corporatists are FAR more sophisticated and effective... Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #38

This is one of my all time favorite videos on RW Climate Acceptance rosesaylavee Sep 2015 #40

Nobody wants to listen to me, either -- I've tried. I joined a naturalist group that Nay Sep 2015 #22

Sometimes groups are in a groove rosesaylavee Sep 2015 #24

My elderly aunt who is enamored of Trump rosesaylavee Sep 2015 #20

Agreed, it's a tough conversation - these groups give rosesaylavee Sep 2015 #19

Game Over. RoccoR5955 Sep 2015 #13

Maybe it is...sigh wcmagumba Sep 2015 #27

Science is hard. TBF Sep 2015 #18

What makes it worse is the deliberate intentional dumbing down of our students. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #31

Textbooks are written in Texas - TBF Sep 2015 #32

I was able to give my kids alternative resources dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #33

We try to do that as well TBF Sep 2015 #34

Kick, kick, kick! Heidi Sep 2015 #25

And Kick nt Hissyspit Sep 2015 #42

Nothing is done because the oil industry pays azmom Sep 2015 #28

Don't have kids PasadenaTrudy Sep 2015 #39