Quote (card_sultan @ May 3 2017 01:19pm)
You're right everyone can lie but here's the difference:
you - "look at what this scientist says, scientist are smart therefore you must believe them"
me - "that's great you worship them but heres some empirical and logical evidence that is actually different from your blind trust assumptions"
Me - "what proof do you have of _______"
You - "look here's this youtube video, even the title says it 100% proves it, and it's labelled "nasa scientists hate this" so you know it's true"
the fact you can't see this relationship goes both ways is a bit astounding. you see, i'm not denying that scientists make incorrect assumptions or that some lie in order to appear correct or confirm their biases, you on the other hand will triple down on a shitty basement created video in such shameful fashion it boggles the mind.
if we're going to doubt things without needing to prove they are worthy of doubt we all fall down the slippery slope.
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You say i post "no proof that Nasa lies - well that's not true here some more proof that Nasa lies - whether or not you watch it is up to you
another incorrect assumption that has led you to a strawman argument. im not suggesting nasa never lies, of course they have and do, however you assume nasa ALWAYS lies. or near enough that you can't trust literally anything. you use this unilateral mistrust as a way to instantly discount posted sources without actually arguing the underlying physics.
"oh you posted a nasa source, nice try. Fake news!"
This post was edited by thesnipa on May 3 2017 01:29pm