WolfpackN64 said:
CrazyGamer2017 said:
I've said all I had to say about this so I'll finish by telling you about an episode of the Simpsons that I saw a long time ago and this thread just reminded me of that episode.
In it, there is this comet coming from outer space threatening to destroy the city of Springfield. Long story short no one can stop this comet cause this big bad monster called science is not advanced enough to deflect or destroy the comet so Springfield is doomed and all must die... Luckily the comet breaks down upon entering the atmosphere and everybody is fine at the end.
And then someone says: Let's go destroy the observatory so something like this never happens again.
That line is only a joke and it's exaggerated of course but it's a great caricature of some people and their ignorance of what science is and what it means to mankind.
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Except it's completely unnaplicable in this discussion.
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Really? Do I have to break it down for you? Okay.
They want to destroy the observatory cause they believe if the observatory (science) had not spotted the comet, that somehow the threat of that comet would not exist and therefore the real threat is the observatory and the science behind it and not their ignorance which they don't see as a threat, it's science that is the threat, of course...
A joke of course but an excellent caricature of people's ignorance.
Science, a threat to mankind... Do you see how it is related to this thread yet? I guess not cause you don't want to see, my dogmatic friend 
