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> Actual threats are important, but so are perceived threats Like the airplane that was downed because a passenger felt threatened by a math professor solving
by smokeyj 10y ago
> Actual threats are important, but so are perceived threats
Like the airplane that was downed because a passenger felt threatened by a math professor solving equations? I'm sorry but catering to ignorance is not the way forward. We have real problems as a society, let's not solve imaginary ones.
- dionidium 10y agoIt's not merely "catering to ignorance." You can sit these people down and tell them the numbers. It won't matter. They'll no longer be ignorant, but they'll still be scared.
- antisthenes 10y agoCatering to irrational fears is emotional terrorism on everyone else.