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Fear Ebola Outbreak Could Make Nation Turn to Science

posted by azrael on Tuesday October 21 2014, @03:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-the-worst-possible-result dept.

c0lo writes:

The Borowitz Report reveals:

In interviews conducted across the nation, leading anti-science activists expressed their concern that the American people, wracked with anxiety over the possible spread of the virus, might desperately look to science to save the day.

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Additionally, he worries about a "slippery slope" situation, "in which a belief in science leads to a belief in math, which in turn fosters a dangerous dependence on facts."

 
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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday October 21 2014, @03:48AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Tuesday October 21 2014, @03:48AM (#108084) Journal

    Parenting that integrate children with a specific belief set? Works with uninformed adults too.

    Don't forget people that can't deal with a complex world. They will turn to anything that make it look simple.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 21 2014, @05:01PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 21 2014, @05:01PM (#108302)

    Don't forget people that can't deal with a complex world. They will turn to anything that make it look simple.

    Uh, to my eye, it would appear that this would apply about equally to liberal dittoheads as it would to reactionary conservatives. Just sayin'.

  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday October 21 2014, @06:49PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday October 21 2014, @06:49PM (#108339)

    Don't forget people that can't deal with a complex world. They will turn to anything that make it look simple.

    Like for example stereotyping? ;)

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    "Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"

    • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday October 21 2014, @07:51PM

      by kaszz (4211) on Tuesday October 21 2014, @07:51PM (#108368) Journal

      "God did it(tm)" or "the bible says so" etc..