25th June 2005, 7:58 PM
A very good philosophy, but too many people don't. It's one thing to say "well who cares what they think?" but that's exactly the complacent attitude that has resulted in the situation we are in today, with actual legal lawsuits because some people just don't like reality (sueing over scientific fact). It's what has caused government officials, who really should be trained in science as part of the requirements of office, to deny such FACTS as global warming.
So what I'm saying is that, believe it or not, an overwhelming mass of illogical people might actually have a negative effect on society.
There's also the fact that I bring this up because my mother did, asking "what's scientology?" She was under the impression I knew about it because the name of it has science in it. Well, I did know about it, but not because it has anything to do with science. At any rate I ended up giving her a large number of links, some to news reports about Tommy boy, some to official scientology web sites, most to sites explaining the reality of that crazy cult.
So anyway, not everyone has a DJ to help find info on this, so that means a large number of people, some of which may have an effect on us, could be listening to Tom and taking him seriously.
So what I'm saying is that, believe it or not, an overwhelming mass of illogical people might actually have a negative effect on society.
There's also the fact that I bring this up because my mother did, asking "what's scientology?" She was under the impression I knew about it because the name of it has science in it. Well, I did know about it, but not because it has anything to do with science. At any rate I ended up giving her a large number of links, some to news reports about Tommy boy, some to official scientology web sites, most to sites explaining the reality of that crazy cult.
So anyway, not everyone has a DJ to help find info on this, so that means a large number of people, some of which may have an effect on us, could be listening to Tom and taking him seriously.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)