Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Alarming Reports of Global Plague of Fact-Resistant Humans
Alarming Reports of Global Plague of Fact-Resistant Humans
October 14
by: Bo Gardiner
Scientists have discovered a powerful new strain of fact-resistant humans who are threatening the ability of Earth to sustain life, a sobering new study reports.
The research, conducted by the University of Minnesota, identifies a virulent strain of humans who are virtually immune to any form of verifiable knowledge, leaving scientists at a loss as to how to combat them.
“These humans appear to have all the faculties necessary to receive and process information,” Davis Logsdon, one of the scientists who contributed to the study, said. “And yet, somehow, they have developed defenses that, for all intents and purposes, have rendered those faculties totally inactive.”
With this alarming variation of Homo sapiens, information is taken in, but then discarded without internal absorption. Worse, this virulent immunity to evidence could be strengthening.
Logdon is discouraged, says Borowitz, but allows this bright ray of hope:
It’s unfortunate, however, that once the air and water are gone, there will be no more scientists to report whether it worked.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/10/14/alarming-reports-of-global-plague-of-fact-resistant-humans/?ref_widget=gr_trending&ref_blog=grails&ref_post=atheist
October 14
by: Bo Gardiner
Scientists have discovered a powerful new strain of fact-resistant humans who are threatening the ability of Earth to sustain life, a sobering new study reports.
The research, conducted by the University of Minnesota, identifies a virulent strain of humans who are virtually immune to any form of verifiable knowledge, leaving scientists at a loss as to how to combat them.
“These humans appear to have all the faculties necessary to receive and process information,” Davis Logsdon, one of the scientists who contributed to the study, said. “And yet, somehow, they have developed defenses that, for all intents and purposes, have rendered those faculties totally inactive.”
With this alarming variation of Homo sapiens, information is taken in, but then discarded without internal absorption. Worse, this virulent immunity to evidence could be strengthening.
Logdon is discouraged, says Borowitz, but allows this bright ray of hope:
“Our research is very preliminary, but it’s possible that they will become more receptive to facts once they are in an environment without food, water, or oxygen,” he said.
It’s unfortunate, however, that once the air and water are gone, there will be no more scientists to report whether it worked.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/10/14/alarming-reports-of-global-plague-of-fact-resistant-humans/?ref_widget=gr_trending&ref_blog=grails&ref_post=atheist
7 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
It's supposed to be beautiful here and I want to spend some time on the water before it gets too cold.
