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The "Scientific Impotence" Excuse
chichilalescu writes "I've had the feeling for a long time that people refuse to listen to scientists. The following is from an article on Ars Technica: 'It's hardly a secret that large segments of the population choose not to accept scientific data because it conflicts with their predefined beliefs: economic, political, religious, or otherwise. But many studies have indicated that these same people aren't happy with viewing themselves as anti-science, which can create a state of cognitive dissonance. That has left psychologists pondering the methods that these people use to rationalize the conflict. A study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology [abstract here] takes a look at one of these methods, which the authors term "scientific impotence" — the decision that science can't actually address the issue at hand properly.' The study found that 'regardless of whether the information presented confirmed or contradicted [the subjects'] existing beliefs, all of them came away from the reading with their beliefs strengthened."
I'm jacking off right now.....
Oops I just shot my load on my own face.
It's all the same !! Pumps you right up and for a long time !!
Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
To live
They got little hands
Little eyes
They walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet
Well, I don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
`Round here
Short people are just the same
As you and I
(A fool such as I)
All men are brothers
Until the day they die
(It's a wonderful world)
Short people got nobody
Short people got nobody
Short people got nobody
To love
They got little baby legs
That stand so low
You got to pick em up
Just to say hello
They got little cars
That go beep, beep, beep
They got little voices
Goin' peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers
And dirty little minds
They're gonna get you every time
Well, I don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
'Round here
Once turned off a brain is a very difficult thing to get turned back on again.
They say the same thing about your sister.
When you're afraid to download music illegally in your own home, then the terrorists have won!
That's not true. Everyone's had a turn at his sister.
It's like Viagra for your brain!
it reminds me of single mothers. all the science says that children of single mothers are far more likely to drop out of school, wind up in prison, die violent deaths, have bastard children of their own, get knocked up at young ages, etc. but that does not stop them from getting knocked up despite the 14 or so forms of birth control available to women. single mothers are the most selfish beings on the face of the planet. they want babies and they have them despite any and all consequences to the child. the entire reason nature gives women a much lower libido is because the role of the female is mate selection, to reproduce with a mate who will help to raise the child and produce more fit offspring. instead the single mothers just care about their own gratification and are a bunch of selfish bitches because of it, or they are too stupid to know what the pill is for.
I'm not religious, but Linux is better than Windows or Mac, Java is for suckers, and real programmers use C.
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
That's not true. Everyone's had a turn at his sister.
Apparently, you've never farted around his sister.
That's not true. Everyone's had a turn at his sister.
Apparently, you've never farted around his sister.
Dude, I farted on his sister... it's a highly overrated experience.
Bow-ties are cool.