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Studies Say Ideology Trumps Facts
Anti-Globalism writes "We like to think that people will be well informed before making important decisions, such as who to vote for, but the truth is that's not always the case. Being uninformed is one thing, but having a population that's actively misinformed presents problems when it comes to participating in the national debate, or the democratic process. If the findings of some political scientists are right, attempting to correct misinformation might do nothing more than reinforce the false belief."
Good thing slashdot is here to set the record straight.
I haven't RTF article, but I don't need to-facts don't matter.
No it's not.
This is the very kind of [eggheaded woolly liberal|reactionary anti-intellectual conservative] thinking that has led our country to a [godless communist|theocratic fascist] condition. Surely you will be [sent to hell|purged in class warfare] for your [sins|crimes].
> There is no such thing as Truth. We all cling to illusions. You just think your illusion is superior to theirs.
You do realise that your statement invalidates itself? If there is no such thing as truth and everything is an illusion, then so is your statement.
Could it be that you are trying to say that we all have models of the world around us and some of those models model the real world more accurately than others, but not one of them is 100% correct? Because having an inaccurate model of the world isn't really a problem when acknowledge that it isn't perfect (and can make a rough estimate of how imperfect it is) and are willing to correct your model when more data is available.
Damn it seems I invented science.
All statements are false, especially this one.
Try not to take me more seriously than I take myself.
And all of you are missing the most important point.
She's hot.
Well hotter than Obama, Biden or McCain, at least.
Can everyone please stop saying 'they' and start saying 'we'?
Or are we playing to the self-delusion that everyone except us is broken?
No I'm fine it's just you and to a lesser extent them,
You must be a bitch to be around...
"Nice day"
"Can you prove it?"
"Well, um...no"
"Then come back when you can"
"Fuck you asshole, if it was a nice day you just screwed it all to hell""