Well.

racocn8 comments on Mar 6, 2023:

Oh, ye of little faith...

Who me? I'd never lie to an insurance agent.

racocn8 comments on Mar 6, 2023:

Trans am?

Capehart: GOP has no idea what it's investigating with Jordan-Gaetz subcommittee - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Mar 6, 2023:

It's a tough call. Give them the rope to hang themselves, or protect people from hearing lies designed to promote hate?

You just never know who's pissed off.

racocn8 comments on Mar 6, 2023:

... Hare Ramaaa, Hare Ramaaaaaaaaa...

. Austin prepose's a very good question. [tiktok.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2023:

This false equivalence propaganda comes from Fox. So were the Jews in Nazi Germany just as offensive and evil as the Gestapo? Lying in service to the church or to the political party comes from blind fanaticism devoid of any critical thinking. Most of what you'll hear coming from these traitors could just as easily have been said by Putin directly. Where is the leftist communist or even socialist who comes close to the hate spewed by fascists every damn day? The GQP has devolved into a propaganda only party where lies are celebrated for owning the libs, and actual freedom doesn't matter.

Today is a good day for coffee ☕️

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2023:

Right next to the prune juice...

Breaking News... Putin wants peace.

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2023:

Appropriate as being unfit for any purpose. He will always be the unfunny joke.

Marge is shooting Jewish space lasers at Capt Kirk

racocn8 comments on Mar 5, 2023:

She would be in Sci Fi parlance, The Bear...

The 2023 Florida Legislative session is starting, and lawmakers are already prioritizing bills that ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 4, 2023:

The GQP have approved the hatred, disenfranchisement and murder of Trans. This decision is a coldly calculated policy intended to mobilize the Evangelical fascists at the expense and lives of Trans. None of this has any biblical basis, and certainly not a problem in real life. Trans don't have many supporters because few people know many Trans and don't relate to their problems. While Trans are targeted, the Evangelical Fascists actually target everyone outside their group (Women, non-whites, non-Christians, secularists, etc.). While the Fascists may score a hit on Trans policy, the policies outlawing abortion, contraceptives, and the undoing church-state separation DO find popular opposition. This opposition seemed to effectively influence the 2022 elections and that attitude needs to be sustained and fostered.

I have never really believed in pure total absolute altruism, neither that it exists, or that it ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 4, 2023:

Numerous examples of altruism as performed by other species are documented. The presence of this behavior explains our own behavior. However, in our society we see that fundamentalists commonly lack empathy to the point of being psychopathic, and this does seem to be caused by religious indoctrination. Indeed, religious indoctrination appears to CAUSE a broad variety of behavioral maladies and some of this may be attributable to damage in the prefrontal cortex. Some of this damage may be due to the infliction of trauma. RELIGIOSITY IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. We would do well to continue documenting this problem and treat it as a social disease.

4th March 1918…The 1918 Flu’ Pandemic: US Army mess cook Private Albert Gitchell of Fort Riley,...

racocn8 comments on Mar 4, 2023:

Now that the GQP Evangelical fascists are fully brainwashed to hate vaccines, masks and medicine generally, the next pandemic should be as interesting as it is inevitable.

Saturday morning fire

racocn8 comments on Mar 4, 2023:

Her feet must be on fire from all that nail fungus...

For some reason I can’t disagree

racocn8 comments on Mar 4, 2023:

You won't find too many sculptures making fun of the female form...

They'd do it to him again today for the same reason

racocn8 comments on Mar 4, 2023:

Luke 19:27 But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me. Which attitude do Christians choose to express?

trypophobia WHAT IS TRYPOPHOBIA?

racocn8 comments on Mar 3, 2023:

Look at those teeth!!!!

I just knew it

racocn8 comments on Mar 3, 2023:

Two years ago the Pentagon released an interim report on UAP which included declassifying the AATIP contract documents with Bigelow Aerospace. One chart that they excised and refused to release was a chart similar to the above showing the various forms of UAPs. Supposedly, the American public could not withstand the release of this information.(They couldn't even release a redacted version!!!).

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Something We NEVER Thought She'd Say [youtube.com] Too rich!

racocn8 comments on Mar 2, 2023:

That safe space used to be the underside of a rock. And it still can be...

FBI Won’t Share Proof of Covid Lab Leak | MTG the Math Whiz | Gov.

racocn8 comments on Mar 2, 2023:

That the FBI has no evidence it is willing to share should count against their claim. Releasing this baseless claim at this time cannot be seen as anything other than desperate GQP propaganda. An inquiry should be made to ensure this is legitimate activity and, if not, the principals summarily fired.

Warning: muppet nudity!

racocn8 comments on Mar 2, 2023:

TMI

If John had spent the money on the more expensive bullets, his aim would have been fine

racocn8 comments on Mar 2, 2023:

I vomited this morning watching Joe Scarborough infer that Reagan had merit. Like he wasn't a virulent racist that unleashed GQP corruption; and found that treason would be tolerated if the one-liners were entertaining.

Gee, can't wait to tell Mom.

racocn8 comments on Mar 2, 2023:

A strong reason for a test drive...

A freaky inspection. Cat don't care.

racocn8 comments on Mar 2, 2023:

Ya, that's one hairy pussy...

Bought and paid for by his godfather.

racocn8 comments on Mar 2, 2023:

Our military establishment, hard at work protecting the country !!! (while spending more than the next 9 countries combined.) (while harboring traitors and seditionists throughout their ranks) (we, WE are the losers)

Thinking of starting a Go-Fund-Me account to help with deportation costs.... [dailykos.com]

racocn8 comments on Mar 1, 2023:

Just send them to the wall. Much cheaper...

Oh my how horrible.... Did you know Mickey and Minnie are.... heaven forfend Black?

racocn8 comments on Mar 1, 2023:

White mice are only good for testing horrific diseases. Usually they are extremely inbred to the point of being clones. Sound familiar?

LOL.......

racocn8 comments on Mar 1, 2023:

Yeah. Corporations contain a major percent of bigots and white christian nationalists that promote and preferentially advance morons like themselves. A competent corporation that really served it's shareholders would work to root out those shit-heads as a matter of productivity. ( I worked for a Promise-Keeper for several years and I was aware of several others. Church nepotism seriously corrupted the organization).

Common sweetener erythritol tied to higher risk of stroke and heart attack

racocn8 comments on Mar 1, 2023:

Here is the KEY PASSAGE: "“Although compelling, the studies are preliminary, and findings indicate an association between erythritol and heart attacks and strokes rather than a causal relationship,” noted Dr. Hwa." Correlation is NOT causation. Beware. The GQP is on a full-scale war-footing to confuse and destroy ALL western institutions (i.e. Putin's agenda).

I always knew Trump owed banks and companies millions and millions of dollars but a new crowd ...

racocn8 comments on Mar 1, 2023:

Putin owns the US. The only way Trump goes down is with Novichok.

The criminal element hates a one world governance; that makes me for it. What do you think?

racocn8 comments on Mar 1, 2023:

Maybe if it is controlled by an unfathomable AI...

Faux News: self-interested, reckless, malicious. Bad for America. Bad for the world.

racocn8 comments on Mar 1, 2023:

That's an insult to sheep. 1st, Fox viewers are spineless invertebrates. They're rather more like cockroaches that are terrified of light. And even cockroaches are smarter than your average Fox viewer...

I found another agnostic forum but this one is kind of new.

racocn8 comments on Mar 1, 2023:

Christian oppression of others, including atheists, seems like a legitimate topic of discussion.

Same people , different name, same hate.

racocn8 comments on Mar 1, 2023:

Fake Americans. Real Traitors.

NYC mayor Eric Adams said he “can’t separate” his Christian beliefs from his public duties.

racocn8 comments on Mar 1, 2023:

So NOW he admits that he cannot follow the oath he took as prerequisite for assuming his duties. That makes him a liar and unfit for office.

Gee I wonder why... [youtu.be]

racocn8 comments on Feb 28, 2023:

Being lied to is one of the GQP planks; It goes along with the Liar's Club plank. Being a liar frees up the local dittohead to lie their ass off with zero guilt. "If Fox can do it, if Trump can do it, so can I..." The internet adds the glutamate-click addiction to social media, turning the whole mess into a psychopathic cult of lying and hatred. The internet turns hate into a click-bait narcotic.

China not happy with US Energy Dept. report on Covid-19 origin - YouTube

racocn8 comments on Feb 28, 2023:

Another treasonous GQP gambit to undercut foreign relations. Except no one's buying it. The real issue continues to be that we have 9-plus separate intelligence agencies and a grossly bloated Pentagon, and none of these pieces of shit saw fit to protect the country from Putin and his puppet. Do you still think the US exists as anything more than prime-time soma for 360 million morons...

I can't imagine the donald honoring a pledge to anyone but himself.

racocn8 comments on Feb 27, 2023:

I have no hope that America can recover from Putin's war on the US. ( That makes supporting Ukraine worthwhile more than anything else, though lots of other good reasons besides).

i want to tell a story on myself.

racocn8 comments on Feb 27, 2023:

I was walking along a seam of lava rock that extended some distance into the surf, and the waves would come and break on this little peninsula. I walked out a little way short of where the waves were breaking. Looking behind, I saw my friend was gesturing to me to come back. After getting my view, I returned. My friend shouted above the din of the waves that I had been in danger. No sooner had he said it than a much larger wave came crashing against the berm, completely swamping it. Had I stayed where I was, I would have been badly crushed...

Nikki Haley...

racocn8 comments on Feb 27, 2023:

Can't she just jump in after it?

He's going to need some leg work if he's going to outrun the people he pisses off.

racocn8 comments on Feb 27, 2023:

(cue the Deliverance banjo theme. Sucks to be them.)

I may not have everything I want, but I have something most billionaires will never have. Enough!

racocn8 comments on Feb 27, 2023:

The critical phrase being "and you're not hurting anyone..." because it is almost never the case.

Elon Musk Calls Media 'Racist' After Outlets Remove Racist Dilbert Creator’s Cartoons | HuffPost ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 27, 2023:

It should be apparent that Musk, like Adams, is a virulent racisit unfit to sell lemonade. It should be, but sadly, people won't pay attention. ("Here and now, boys. Here and now...")

They can't handle the truth and still deflect until the last.

racocn8 comments on Feb 27, 2023:

You won't find any criticisms of women like that...

But I could see the boner when she booed Biden. Might have been a snub nose.

racocn8 comments on Feb 26, 2023:

Seriously, they SHOULD do a genetic analysis on her. Maybe she's a gynandromorph or hermaphrodite? Or Reptilian...?

Hate-preacher: Gays should be executed with stones "melted down into a bullet"

racocn8 comments on Feb 25, 2023:

Given the extremity of his vitriol, he surely has homosexual tendencies himself. There's no hatred like self-hatred...

THIS LETTER WAS PUBLISHED WHEN OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT An open letter to white evangelicals: We’re ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 24, 2023:

As they give no quarter in their made-up war, let none be given in return.

I want to know also

racocn8 comments on Feb 24, 2023:

Those aren't toes, they're tentacles...

For all those who still believe that wokism is a sub-species of liberalism, here's an interesting ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 23, 2023:

In the quote, it says "CRT questions the very foundations of the liberal order..." The whole point of discussion is to put things on the table and question them. Perhaps some elements of the liberal order should be overturned. However, that analysis is a far cry from the inference that CRT seeks a wholesale rejection of the liberal order. I don't think CRT seeks to do that. What are the specifics? Per Google: Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality and equality before the law. Where does CRT or Wokeism seek to undo that? Equality and moral politics are far more threatened from Christian Nationalisim; CRT/Wokeism are nowhere to be found threatening rights of the individual (except the imagined individual right to kick down on minorities when they feel like bullying someone).

Still waiting on the Empirical Evidence to show up before I consider changing my Atheist views. :D

racocn8 comments on Feb 23, 2023:

But there IS empirical evidence in evolution that directly contradicts the dogma of Christianity needing a created Adam. With Adam being fictional, there's no need for the mythical Jesus. How much horse-shit will they eat before vomiting it all up? Epiphany must have a formula!!!

Salon investigates: The war on public schools is being fought from Hillsdale College | Salon.com

racocn8 comments on Feb 23, 2023:

Christians have always opposed public education. They're definitely out of the closet now. When do we figure how to shut down churches and shit like this?

Ohio will still vote for him

racocn8 comments on Feb 23, 2023:

Every Ohio Republican that voted for Trump voted to poison their own environment. What a shame karma isn't more of a thing...

Definitions change over time, not sure I like this evolution

racocn8 comments on Feb 21, 2023:

Treason, sedition, hate and corruption have become the planks of the Republican Party.

As confusing as the first time

racocn8 comments on Feb 21, 2023:

Suitable to eat the FSM...

[wapo.st] The fucking monsters who put women through this should be drawn and quartered.

racocn8 comments on Feb 21, 2023:

The jingle of rubles in their pockets is what counts, whether it's SCOTUS, DeSantis, or the rest of the GQP.

With apologies to Neanderthal Man, who recent research has shown to have been more advanced than ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 21, 2023:

What a terrible insult to Neanderthals.

Do Masks Work? Your Local Epidemiologist YLE 02/21/2023

racocn8 comments on Feb 21, 2023:

Also missing is the critical factor of dosage. The quantity of particles inhaled significantly affects the level of infection. Thus, even if masks don't protect even 70 percent or whatever number it is, that they protect AT ALL means they should be used when Covid is around. It's abundantly clear from the number of people who died from Covid that Putin/Murdoch's campaign to disparage public health did enormous damage. Anti-vaxxers are a cult whose believers choose to be brainwashed and malignantly stupid. Borderline people have become full-fledged psychopaths.

Biden Just Destroyed Putin’s Last Hope

racocn8 comments on Feb 21, 2023:

The GQP are a shit-stain on the entire country.

When they show you what they are...

racocn8 comments on Feb 21, 2023:

Will the representative please benefit society economically by dying? As he has distinguished himself by his utter lack of morality, he makes it clear how primitive we still are for tolerating people like that.

If someone who knows absolutely nothing about political theory asked you to explain the main ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 21, 2023:

It is the difference between the potential for empathy versus mindless hatred.

CANNABIS CULTURE 2/20/2023 Seth Meyers made fun of Rep.

racocn8 comments on Feb 20, 2023:

Religious morons still think cannabis is demonic... and that UFOs are demonic, and that Jews are demonic, and liberals are demonic, and schools are demonic, and non-whites are demonic, and, and, and,....

Russia is very good at propaganda. [bbc.com]

racocn8 comments on Feb 20, 2023:

U. S. citizens are mostly incapable of critical thinking, and do nothing to foster intuition.

On the 16th my oldest daughter came to visit me.

racocn8 comments on Feb 19, 2023:

What's the difference between someone who has gone down the rabbit-hole and is now unreachable and someone who has their head up their ass? Not a damn thing; they are the same. It's a damn good thing murder is illegal.

Life lessons from Rush????

racocn8 comments on Feb 19, 2023:

Where's my sledgehammer?...

Here's my contribution to the group for today! Lol!!!!

racocn8 comments on Feb 19, 2023:

(1) Giving the term: Blowhard, a new meaning....

The party of Bullies, Trump, Cruz and the asshat from Florida

racocn8 comments on Feb 19, 2023:

Aren't Christian morals uplifting? (Lest anyone doubt where the Holocaust came from).

This way to the rapture...

racocn8 comments on Feb 19, 2023:

Not enough cliffs...

Twitter Foes Call For Rupert Murdoch To Be Deported After Peddling Fox News Lies | HuffPost Latest ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 19, 2023:

He should be deported to Guantanamo to find out the truth between him and Putin. The hard way.

COVID Deaths Will Stay High Unless Most Get annual Vaccine, Penn State Research

racocn8 comments on Feb 17, 2023:

Anti-Vaxxers have gone down the rabbit hole. Want to know the difference between someone down a rabbit hole and someone with their head up their ass? Nothing at all. Anti-Vaxxers (like Bill Maher) blithely parrot absurd misstatements to cater to the wingnuts. It's a waste of time trying to educate people who have CHOSEN to delude themselves. I have a long-time friend who is trained in medical technology, but Trump and the pandemic compelled him to exclude MSM and embrace most of the BS Fox put out. My friend has repeatedly betrayed his scientific discipline and I've found his behavior to be stunning in it's hypocrisy. At one point, he predicted a mass outbreak of autoimmune disease from the vaccines. I checked it out and found zero basis. I valued my friend's intelligence and expertise, but he has totally fallen down on this subject. His obsession with censorship of Covid disinformation demonstrates the Cult aspect. The timing reflected how Fox stokes support for the House hearings with lies. I can't believe how he gives credence to these lies. Even he doesn't believe all of them. I get that he's been brainwashed by Fox and Conservative media. It is too sad. I wish it weren't so, but that's the world we live in. (That is why ridiculous religions persist. It is exactly the same thing. We have got to find a way to penalize those who obstruct public health (by gun, covid or abortion BS) with the financial consequences of those policies.

We had rules in place to keep this type thing from happening, but the less regulation people got ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 17, 2023:

All efforts to directly tie legislative malfeasance to the harm done gets blocked. If an avenue to do this was established, imagine what sort of people would run!!!

This question goes to believers.

racocn8 comments on Feb 17, 2023:

Questions often frame their own answers. Why do you feel the need to pose this particular question? While innocents usually pay the ultimate price for war, earthquakes, and greed, how does society seek to address this inequity?

Six Dead as ‘Shooting Spree’ Rocks Small Mississippi Community

racocn8 comments on Feb 17, 2023:

More often than not, the shootings serve the GOP purpose of intimidating minorities that lean democrat. Students, Blacks, Hispanics, Jews, and LBGTQ that the GOP would like to disenfranchise, also happen to be the targets of mass shooters. How convenient!! Killing students scares parents away from public schools; Christians love that. However, this pattern of mass shooters going to schools to kill students is too strong. Clearly the shooters are being pointed in the direction of schools. We need to understand how they are doing it.

THE MOST POWERFUL FIGURE IN U.

racocn8 comments on Feb 17, 2023:

Nor are they discussing the ongoing support of the GQP from Putin (Santos being the most recent absurdity). The loyalty to party over country showcases how democracy fails.

Remember the days before computers?

racocn8 comments on Feb 16, 2023:

Slide rule?

MTG you confuse even the aliens that sent the Uber for you.

racocn8 comments on Feb 16, 2023:

If they use their anal probe, they'll be at it all night...

Spelling and punctuation, two critical skills learned in schools.

racocn8 comments on Feb 16, 2023:

I'm betting his dick is smaller than my thumb...

One more bible story that doesn't stand the test of the faithful [bbc.com]

racocn8 comments on Feb 16, 2023:

The Christian's unwitting loyalty was to Darwin instead of Jesus...

Wieambilla shooting: Australia police ambush deemed religious terror attack [bbc.com]

racocn8 comments on Feb 16, 2023:

Another brick in the wall...

With the upcoming election, I'd like to propose the Republicans update their mascot

racocn8 comments on Feb 15, 2023:

It should also incorporate the White/Blue/Red Russian tricolor...

We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 15, 2023:

How can we prepare for what we cannot know?

Giraffe sex is even weirder than we thought There's kinky sex.

racocn8 comments on Feb 15, 2023:

That would be gross, but I had a squirter for a lady friend... 69 was like getting water-boarded...

Religious people are nuts

racocn8 comments on Feb 15, 2023:

I'm sure the vagina is the central focus for some women. The sculpture expresses this in a bizarre way. It did get my attention...

Christofascists

racocn8 comments on Feb 15, 2023:

The swastika is the Christian Cross in drag...

Why are we suddenly seeing so many UFOs over America? [livescience.com]

racocn8 comments on Feb 15, 2023:

Supposedly, instructions were given to modify the radar to pick it up. I've read dozens of reports of "balloons" being reported by the NRO in the 50's & 60's. Perhaps they'll shoot down a real UFO drone from ET. In the past, ET would fire back. The little orbs may be hard to down, as some have been observed to out-fly anything Human-made. If they can be downed, it has surely been done and they already know what they are, and more shoot-downs a waste of missiles.

The regular link to the latest Overpopulation Project This time it’s about, are “Smaller human ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 15, 2023:

Extract: "Women’s right to choose how many children to have does not appear to be on their radar...." I am all for women's rights, but unless this gets addressed, Human extinction is inescapable. Meaning, we aren't going to make it. I'd like it if Humanity could survive, but our chances seem very slim.

Ballooning Concerns “Rebekah Jones tweet giving NORAD explanation for all these UFO detections ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 13, 2023:

The UFOs observed around military operations include tetrahedrons, spheres, cubes, and rounded cylinders (tic-tacs). The absence of markings suggests a measure of disguise. The conformity to this geometric protocol could suggest a military attitude, revealing a minimum of information. These incidents have escalated in recent years, suggesting that their activity is building. The subjects of ET surveillance are concerning: 1) Shoot-down of an ICBM test warhead; 2) Shut-down of ICBM launch electronics; 3) Activation of ICBM launch status; 4) Incursions into live fire ranges; 5) Incursion into THAAD missile facility no-fly zone; 6) Shut-down of missile-firing systems of an on-coming jet (Iran); 7) Theft of sensor-laden torpedo; 8) Taking control of a helicopter in-flight; and probably enormously more that hasn't been reported.

She must REALLY like chicken!! A Cook County School Cafeteria Worker Stole $1.

racocn8 comments on Feb 13, 2023:

Assholes...

The superbowl means different things to different people, but talk about a waste of money.

racocn8 comments on Feb 13, 2023:

So much for Christian charity.

I wonder why that is?

racocn8 comments on Feb 13, 2023:

Utterly ridiculous and I'll bet his tax rate is below 20%

This is a bit of a long post, so I'd like to thank you in advance if you take the time to read ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 13, 2023:

I hope you recover. I get my hip replaced tomorrow. Ugh...

Large Marge, if she only had a brain.

racocn8 comments on Feb 13, 2023:

Except they were armed. It is too ugly that the coup plotters arranged to disarm the police, enabling the whole thing to go down. Twenty years is not enough for the suits.

Lightning strikes the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.

racocn8 comments on Feb 13, 2023:

Shocking!!

Hobby Lobby founder revealed to be behind effort to "rebrand Jesus" | Salon.com

racocn8 comments on Feb 13, 2023:

Rebranding Jesus? You mean, not a genocidal mass murdering psychopath destroying millions of peoples and their cultures? You mean not hating everyone who doesn't genuflect?

Fashion trend...

racocn8 comments on Feb 13, 2023:

That's really a fishy smell...

FEDERAL CANNABIS NEWS 2/13/2023 Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf said ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 13, 2023:

May just regulate ONLY those super-rare cases where unwanted effects demand attention. Avoiding regulation should be the FIRST option; only overruled where critically necessary.

A stoned society is an obedient and compliant society.

racocn8 comments on Feb 13, 2023:

Yup, bullshit. In case you missed it, the War on Drugs is still going strong. Smoking cannabis remains a Federal offense, so defiance is required (and compliance is not involved).

One of my favorite all time movies.

racocn8 comments on Feb 13, 2023:

I always love this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPIP9KXdmO0

I feel that it's my job, as a US citizen, to help foreign leaders with geography, when it's clear ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 11, 2023:

UFO lore has it that the U.S. lost a lot of pilots and planes with the order in the 50's to shoot down UFOs.

So, I've been telling my brother that my mom was sending large amounts to right wing nutjob groups ...

racocn8 comments on Feb 11, 2023:

I suspect you need a lawyer... (very unfortunately)

there are definitely insensitive religious people.

racocn8 comments on Feb 11, 2023:

Forcing children to believe obvious lies from a young age damages their development causing insensitivity and a lack of empathy.

U.

racocn8 comments on Feb 11, 2023:

Given it was unidentified and too small to be piloted, according to Pentagon parlance, that makes it a drone. (Meaning that the stories claiming all the videos taken of UAPs by military were drones was disinformation seeking to disparage UAP sightings.)

Sabine Hossenfelder - What's Going Wrong in Particle Physics?

racocn8 comments on Feb 11, 2023:

Disproving proposed theories should not be looked at as a failure, but rather as a success. One of the beautiful things about science is when it works to self-correct. How often does that happen with religious or political institutions? It's good that Hossenfelder has a point of view and puts it out there. I don't believe her examples support her argument. Scientists can't always make true predictions, especially for such an esoteric field. Maybe the money could be better spent, but these projects are often joint international efforts, and the work does generate spin-offs. Mis-spending money on these ventures doesn't seem to be in the top ten offenses our society makes. Hossenfelder doesn't substantiate her arguments beyond a negative portrayal, and appears to have a surreptitious agenda that motivates her complaint.