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The thinking error at the root of science denial -

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skado 9 July 8
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It is frustrating to see supposedly scientific YouTubes using the technique described. Right now, a lot of anti-Big Bang videos are circulating. Being anti-science is now a thing. (Except we've always had Creationists for that)(And now we have idiots like Yvilletom who promote the Electric Universe Cult).

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The three most important things to understand. There are few absolutes, there will almost always be some evidence for and against everything, and most things exist on a spectrum often with the biggest concentration in the middle. ( Its even called the standard distribution. )

Yet it is hard to blame the population in general, for failing to understand those things. Because of course absolutes are a favourite tool of those wanting to deceive, abolish nuance and push hidden agendas. So that the worlds of media and conversation, even schools, are so filled with them, that they are accepted as the normal. Which not only pushes the chosen agendas, but also indirectly, that common practice actually trains people to think in absolutes, even more than they naturally would.

Of German parentage, I’ve heard a few absolute statements. (grin)

One of them is “There are no absolutes.”

There are absolutes, you just refuse to recognize them.

@Alienbeing There are a few yes, granted. Comment has been corrected.

@Alienbeing, @yvilletom Well there are a few yes. comment corrected.

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