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we are mostly unable to process the fact that science lied to us

what's worse, it became an authoritative tool of (often foreign) powers; at least in most of America (as science came from Europe, ...they brought us "culture" when they colonized us in the south; the north did not get colonized but replaced)

but of course science lied, but it's not that it lied, it is that it changes. newer truth comes along and fights the old truth until it dies ("the pace of scientific funerals")

turns out, breaking people's trust is much easier than gaining it.

but my hill to die on, is the old truth of material scarcity and media (or licensing) content versus the new truth of digital abundance and freely sharing things without the license to do so. why do I need permission from some faceless corporate owner to copy cultural assets that I love and wish to share?



Science doesn't lie, people do. And people are stubborn that's why new discoveries need time to get accepted.

But this is different, this is not science but simply BS that is spread.


just keep repeating "earth is not flat and there's no way that could be"

those people get no voice around these parts.

also, nevermind the existence of higher order constructs like manifolds. that cannot be what "earth is flat" idiots could be referring to.

send me down another negative four, the invisibility threshold.




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