“When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all” –Paul Simon
Well, Paul, I’ve got news for you: the crap doesn’t stop when you leave high school, and most of us don’t stop “learning” it. And science and its joined-at-the-hip twin, science fiction, are among the chief purveyors of culture-killing horses***.
Science, Science Fiction, and Beliefs That Trash Our Culture
Would it surprise you to hear that a lot of people can’t tell the difference anymore between science and science fiction? Some are not even aware that there is a difference.
Culture-killing, and stuffing people’s minds with made-up piffle that they wind up thinking is true, are serious matters indeed. I think I’d better post the review I wrote for Chalcedon, going into this subject in more depth.
And speaking of science fiction… Today’s temperature is a balmy Globble Warming 4 degrees!