> Is it overt idealogical zealotry to say that the Earth is round and orbits the sun? Is it overt idealogical zealotry to say that time dilates as the speed of

> Is it overt idealogical zealotry to say that the Earth is round and orbits the sun? Is it overt idealogical zealotry to say that time dilates as the speed of light approaches? no, because these statements do not come with an assertion of imminent, irreparable global disaster prophesized to occur in the nebulously nearish future, unless mankind takes swift action, and we have to act now dammit, because people did the math and this is what we have to do or else! notice that this general framework applies to both topics that you seem to feel very strongly about, and you've lumped your ideological opponents in each of these axes together as one unified "other"! this "othering" of anyone who disagrees with any disparate aspect of your worldview (apparently they're all the same group of undesirables) makes you come across as indistinguishable from a religious zealot. I truly don't mean this as an insult, it's just the most obvious comparison. I know plenty of people who share your general perspective but only a few of them share the zealotry. this specific anthropological phenomenon is very interesting to me, and after thinking about it quite a bit for many years now, it starts to make quite a bit of sense, but further analysis would be unwelcome here.