Wednesday, June 15, 2022


"Alternate facts" are not lies or fraud. "Alternate facts" are simply an alternative to the data that are, like, FACT-facts. Understand?

We live in an anti-intellectual, post-factual society where opinions are just as important---no, MORE important---than facts. I partly blame religious indoctrination, where mere belief without evidence is not only tolerated, but given supreme value: the greatest worth is given to one who believes without proof, without facts, without sign. 

Import: Say you're an expert in tropical ecosystems and you present hard evidence that global warming is destroying specific flora and fauna species in the rainforest. The scientifically illiterate will feel perfectly justified and correct in retorting, "Well, that's YOUR opinion!" In their minds, their own contrasting opinion has rendered your scientific evidence worthless.



 

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