Re:Out of Sight, 'Dark Fungi' Run the World from the Shadows
by analog31 on Sunday June 30, 2024 @12:03AM
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I describe it using Donald Rumsfeld's famous quote: "You go to battle with the army you have." We all wrestle with the limitations of our mental apparatus. Also, reality is always more complicated than any concise description of it. No experienced scientist would claim otherwise.
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Re:Out of Sight, 'Dark Fungi' Run the World from the Shadows
by mistermann on Sunday June 30, 2024 @05:22PM
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> I describe it using Donald Rumsfeld's famous quote: "You go to battle with the army you have."
It's a great meme, but all capabilities in existence have not been brought to bear, not even close.
> We all wrestle with the limitations of our mental apparatus.
Agreed, but to very different degrees, and in very different ways (as in positive wrestling vs negative).
> Also, reality is always more complicated than any concise description of it. No experienced scientist would claim otherwise.
a) You 2nd sentence is subject to your first.
b) You have no way to know this. I on the other hand do: I talk to scientists on the regular who make unsound claims. There is nothing about science that renders its practitioners immune to culture, propaganda, ideological blindness, heuristics, etc (despite it being an extremely popular, faith based belief).