Sheril KirshenbaumWell, it's Groundhog Day, again.*
“Only in America do we accept weather predictions from a rodent but deny #ClimateChange evidence from scientists.”
* I share this meme every year on February 2. Source unknown. #science
Gary E. Walker@Sheril to be clear, lots of other people do the hibernating animal as spring warden thing. It’s very old. It’s the science denial that makes us exceptional.
Duncan Batey@gewalker @Sheril proof, if proof were needed: https://universeodon.com/@FakePlasticDunk/109796772480393186
Duncan Batey (@[email protected])
Attached: 4 images Feel my pain. And my hilarity. Any favourites? I think mine is 'SPACE IS FAKE'. #NormalForGlastonbury #Glastonbury #Somerset #England #UK #ConspiracyTheories #AntiScience
@FakePlasticDunk @Sheril so, to make my creds clear such as they are: I was raised Brethren in the southern US, including a hearty dose of both “young earth” creationism and “flood geology.”
@FakePlasticDunk @Sheril I am also the author of the highest rated answer to (roughly) “is earth 4.5 billion years old or 6000 years old” on quora (for whatever that’s worth).
@FakePlasticDunk @Sheril aside: no bullshit https://www.quora.com/Do-you-believe-that-the-Earth-is-4-5-billion-years-old-according-to-science-or-6000-years-old-according-to-the-Bible/answer/Gary-Walker-10?__nsrc__=4&__snid3__=48497227566
Do you believe that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old according to science, or 6000 years old according to the Bible?
Gary Walker's answer: It’s a mistake to say that the earth is 4.5 billion years old. It is a mistake, because this is not, in point of fact, what scientific inquiry tells us. Science tells us that some minerals on earth are at least 4.031±0.003 billion years old. Further inquiry tells us that som...
@FakePlasticDunk @Sheril and the idea I’m left with is that science denial is something in the brains of most people. They just don’t work that way.
@FakePlasticDunk @Sheril meh. That’s life. We all get dealt different hands. It’s a fundamental mistake to, a priori, assume you know someone which is wired into us from a time when “strangers” were a great deal more rare.