Show threadMonchalFeb 15

@EUROCOLLEZIONE_ @caffeitalia @news @ItalianNews

Giordano Bruno, an italian monk studying astronomy around 1600 has, before Galileo, supported and demonstrated the heliocentrism of Copernic.

He as been tortured by cardinal Bellarmin for that, asking him to change his mind. Then he has been burn alive.
Cardinal Bellarmin as been beatified and caninised by church in 1928 !

#obscurantism #pape #astrinomy

bartosz 🚲🌳🐍🦀Feb 4

If you are like me worried that open knowledge will be replaced by AI slop and obscurantism, download now your offline version of wikipedia from @kiwix ❤️

#wikipedia #AIslop #obscurantism #science #resist

Show threadsheislaurenceJan 21
🧵5/7: ...#Home. As far as I am aware, nobody is expecting me to open my door to #nazis, genocidal #zionists, #antivaxxers, nor invite #obscurantism champions for dinner to ensure they can share "their side of the story". So why should I invite them in the palm of my hand in every room in my home?
The reason why #polarisation has exploded isn't because we don't engage on #socialmedia, it's BECAUSE we engage with #algorithms that favour conflict ("it bleeds, it leads" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01538-4)
Negativity drives online news consumption - Nature Human Behaviour

Examining real-world data that tested different headlines for the same news story on real news readers, Robertson et al. find that people are more likely to click on a headline when it contains negative words compared to positive words.

Nature
Show threadGrahamDec 31
@davidgerard #shriekback #music #obscurantism You could try "Rem Koolhaas Stole My Shovel" too. It's one of the extras on Having a Moment.
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Dec 23
“ #Obscurantism is the refusal to speculate freely on the limitations of traditional methods. It is more than that: it is the negation of the importance of such speculation, the insistence on incidental dangers.” - #AlfredNorthWhitehead, The Function of #Reason
Lyle Solla-YatesDec 18
https://www.cpr.org/2025/12/17/trump-wants-to-dismantle-national-center-for-atmospheric-research/ “public safety is at risk and science is being attacked” #USPolitics #climate #science #PublicSafety #obscurantism
The White House promises to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research

Congressman Joe Neguse claims the move is retaliation for Colorado's refusal to release former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters.

Colorado Public Radio
TottsJul 20, 2025

Here is Holingrake talking nonsense on #TrevorPhillips

"Just as inflation, water bills are much lower than they were 20 years ago" KH

"Nobody's adjusting wage increases for inflation. We are having to pay more for our water bills" TP

"In cash terms, you are paying more, but just as inflation, you are paying less." KH

- wtf does that last sentence even mean?

#obscurantism

Show threadTanguy FardetMar 8, 2025

So do stand in solidarity, but, above all, be wary of what might be happening in your country and call it out before they get away with it!

#obscurantism #scienceForAll #scienceAgainstFascism

3/3

insumFeb 26, 2025
#atheism #atheist #obscurantism #freedom #freewill
Show threadIdeal CHFeb 18, 2025

> I felt that Einstein’s intellectual superiority over Bohr, in this instance, was enormous; a vast gulf between the man who saw clearly what was needed, and the obscurantist.
— Bell

Mind that the obscurantist folklore has been dominant till today.

What does it tell about academia if a whole scientific community can shield itself from rational debate for so long?

#Solvay1927 #QM #QuantumPhysics #obscurantism #EinsteinBashing