I never explicitly said that this is what this meme was referring to. I said that there is a slippery slope from A to B, not necessarily the very same slippery slope that is shown in the meme.
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I never explicitly said that this is what this meme was referring to. I said that there is a slippery slope from A to B, not necessarily the very same slippery slope that is shown in the meme.
Old Sagan the Pagan and his fears of people ceasing to believe in "Science".
What he said there isn't actually wrong, but he did not foresee the half of it.
The culture that celebrates the big dumb jock in high school, and laughs at the less athletic kids being bullied is one part of it.
Another - and one he shares some responsibility for - is science being held hostage by people with an anti-religious or other such hostile ideology and agenda. Evolution being used to push Atheism being the obvious example.
And another - the big one we are seeing - is the corruption of science due to it's commercialization. Patented knowledge. And deliberate fraud in order to make more profits.
The pharmaceutical companies on the one hand telling everyone "Trust the Science!" and then changing their story every few months, and on the other... refusing all liability for any medical harm done by their products!
It's fun to imagine how his purgatory is likely having to watch his beloved "Science" gets twisted and corrupted while being reminded then and now how he contributed to this.
PsihoKekec
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PsihoKekec
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I hate that my birthday is associated with this bullcrap.
Yinko
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Before this moment I had no idea those two types of cookies were different things. I've always heard them pronounced the same.
lol they forgot both macaroni and Marconi!
Yeah, they're different. Interestingly enough, I don't think that I ever actually tasted a macaron.
Yinko
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Me neither, they're supposed to be very popular in Australia and the UK. Or at least that's what baking competition shows tell me.
I'm the other way...don't think I've had a macaroon. Definitely had the macaron though...a few times.