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New Age Mysticism
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We are living in a new age of mysticism and magical thinking. But unlike previous causes such as religion, recreational mind altering substances, and popular science fiction, the driver this timee around is in fact science itself. The blame regrettibly lies squarely with the promotion of "popular science" as an aspirational interest for the general public, most specifically with the lack of rigor which is tolerated in such advocacy.
The tech sector is feeling the side effects of this, fueled by cheap QE money, in the form of magical thinking "pop-sy(fy)" scams like solar runways, or carbon from the air, or this ridiculous device. Concepts and products which would not have been tolerated in a hard sci-fiction novel 30 years ago are now being promoted and in fact sold by the same media which promotes popular science advocacy, and sadly are in effect riding in the wake of that advocacy. Meanwhile the public remains innumerate, fairly ignorent, and generally civically braindead as well as scientifically dazed.
Science could have been boring, but still authoritative enough to tackles these scams. We could have prevented this.
Reprogramming
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Anonymous Coward
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I wouldn't mind reprogramming that chick's butthole from "exit only" to "entry permitted."
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We are living in a new age of mysticism and magical thinking. But unlike previous causes such as religion, recreational mind altering substances, and popular science fiction, the driver this timee around is in fact science itself. The blame regrettibly lies squarely with the promotion of "popular science" as an aspirational interest for the general public, most specifically with the lack of rigor which is tolerated in such advocacy.
The tech sector is feeling the side effects of this, fueled by cheap QE money, in the form of magical thinking "pop-sy(fy)" scams like solar runways, or carbon from the air, or this ridiculous device. Concepts and products which would not have been tolerated in a hard sci-fiction novel 30 years ago are now being promoted and in fact sold by the same media which promotes popular science advocacy, and sadly are in effect riding in the wake of that advocacy. Meanwhile the public remains innumerate, fairly ignorent, and generally civically braindead as well as scientifically dazed.
Science could have been boring, but still authoritative enough to tackles these scams. We could have prevented this.
I wouldn't mind reprogramming that chick's butthole from "exit only" to "entry permitted."