against science

history has the ability to place events in perspective that is impossible to do during these events. it also has the ability to dull the edge of whatever events happen that seem so earth-shattering at the time of their occurrence. the cuban missile crisis, hitler, the cold war, the civil war, cointelpro, the 1960s. these things seem almost trivial in comparison to what faces us now, which will seem trivial to future generations.

in the passing of time these neutered events can seem even comical. mel brooks was able to satirize nazis long after the fact. something that was not possible while it was happening. we can all laugh at the people who refused to accept that the earth wasn't flat or the center of the universe, where we couldn't then, or we'd ostracized or even murdered in the name of man's invention - god. we should be laughing at the people who deny evolution, but oddly we are still in the midst of it, though we don't face harsh consequences for that.

global warming is the new evolution, is the new round earth theory, is the new earth is not the center of god's universe theory. folks who deny it's existence or man's part in it feel that they can pick and choose which aspects of science they will believe in though science rules every aspect of their lives - their automobiles, cell phones, plasma screen tvs, bibles on their iphones, the genetically modified and irradiated foods they eat, the shampoo they wash their hair with - all things that are the products of science and scientists. their denial has major consequences for all future living things on this planet. these people are even comical now, and yet wield so much power. the power of denial.

i am wary of science myself, only in which exponential amount of power it brings us humans - us humans who are selfish and untrustworthy, but i cannot argue with scientists, who have spent their lives researching these sorts of things and have conclusive data to back up their claims.

history will reveal that these people are the new flat-earthers. and future generations can all laugh at them. or be angry at all of us for not having done anything.

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