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> Most college students go through the motions and get their paper, then go home thinking science is just more made up bullshit like politics. But I don't see
by jeromec 17y ago
> Most college students go through the motions and get their paper, then go home thinking science is just more made up bullshit like politics.
But I don't see how anyone can come to a conclusion that "science is just more made up bullshit" when the application of science can be, and has been, practically demonstrated to be accurate, in cases such as sending people to the moon, a lander to mars, and even detonating an atomic bomb.
- DougBTX 17y agoSending people to the moon and the atomic bomb were as much political as scientific. Without politics, I doubt either would have happened when they did.
- jeromec 17y agoThe topic of politics has no bearing whatsoever on my statement of incredulity that any sane person could draw such a conclusion as to think science is bullshit. The text could have read "...thinking science is just more made up bullshit like [Santa Claus]" for all I care.
- ams6110 17y agoI once had a girlfriend who thought that way. Thought that going to the moon was a complete waste of resources because it "made no real difference in anyone's life"
- jeromec 17y agoWhether or not it was a waste of resources is not the point. The point is that science is what made going to the moon possible.