How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds

Re:How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds by philovivero on Friday May 20, 2016 @03:03PM (#11740535)

> Our understanding of the universe is always changing. But eschewing accepted science without a compelling alternative because it could be wrong is a path to nowhere but President Trump.

Well. To be fair, it's a path also to President Hillary. Or President Cruz. Or President Sanders. It seems our politics is rife with science-ignorance and science-ignoring. I don't think it's particularly constructive to call out Trump as being different.

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Re:How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds by rm_-rf_slash on Friday May 20, 2016 @04:06PM (#11741047)

I say Trump in particular because of the tendency these days to see that name in uncomfortably close proximity with the words "post-truth era." And, to be fair to the man, I am less concerned with what he says than how his supporters react, and what that means for humanity's future.

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