This is what happens when you push someone through the higher education complex on a sports scholarship…
Nah, he might just be dumb. Pretty sure I knew space was real before I was 10 lol
Exactly. An idiot like this should never be enrolled in a technical university.
tbh believing if space is real is less about education and more about ideology
It’s really not. He read about flat earthers crackpot theories and thought there was merit
“I’m like real religious…” Why does religion always end up being a synonym for ignorance and stupidity.
Everyone always calls me edgy when I bring this up but it’s because believing in an obvious fairy tale shows a massive issue with critical thinking and cognitive capability.
These people essentially still believe in Santa Claus and will die for that belief.
More commonly, will murder for that belief. Which is why this isn’t some edgelord topic, it’s something we need to deal with seriously as a society.
I’m not religious but I dunno. Could you say that about, say the archbishop of Canterbury? The guy’s got ten times the brains and university degrees than you and I put together tbh
If the smartest man alive told you he would kill for Santa Claus would that not terrify you?
You could be an alien with such a complex knowledge and understanding of physics that you can manipulate matter on a molecular scale but the minute you bring up the almighty Kloothorp as your lord and savior I’m out.
You say that belief in an “obvious fairy tale shows a massive issue with critical thinking and cognitive ability” , but you can’t back that up because people who are smart and religious exist.
I agree that believing in something phantasmagorical is a cognitive blind spot. But that’s so common criticizing others for it lacks self awareness. It’s normal to take some obviously symbolic, illusory, or non-existent things seriously: the law, borders, sovereignty, human rights, authority, hierarchy, language, logic, or math. Are you terrified of those willing to die for human rights?
If you believe in the literal words of the Bible the sky above us is solid hence no space.
Because of absolutely moronic literal scripture interpretations. These imbeciles take the Bible as some kind of all-purpose knowledge encyclopedia, instead of a moral guide.
The Bible is not a moral guide. It has some moral rules in it but the vast majority of it is just stories, things like the descriptions of the temple, and hundreds of ways of saying that God is great.
The people who wrote it took the earlier parts of it to be literal truth.
Why are we considering the view points of 19-20 year olds who happen to play a sport?
When I was 19-20 and smart enough not to play a sport that scrambles your brain, I did not get a news article in the national press reporting that I did believe in space.
America worships the wrong people.
Worships? Dude… This article is basically making fun of him for being a dumbass. That’s the entire story. Dumb fuck said dumb thing.
The mere fact that he is being talked about in this regard is annoying. Who the fuck cares about this person. What he believes is not a matter of national interest.
It’s a stupid little fluff piece about somebody saying something so stupid it’s funny. It’s not like it’s a massive story. The news has always been like this. Giant earthbreaking news and then stupid little fun fluff pieces.
Stop trying to make it some deep societal issue dude.
Not really the point of a news outlet is it?
As I said below the news has always had both big breaking news and stupid little fluff pieces. This is how it is always been.
Shows what a degree from Texas Tech is worth.
I wonder if it hurts to be that dumb.
I typically feel like people like this aren’t dumb, they’re just so incredibly distrustful of authority figures like teachers or scientists or the government that on some level they reject reality and when videos “kinda make sense” or “have some points” about shit we all know is fake, it gives them the ability to choose what they think is correct and because they’re already rejecting what they’re being told is real by people they don’t trust it’s really easy to let conspiracies fill in the gap of how it works
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the fact that this is a story is a better criticism of our media than anything anyone could make up
Remember, he’s a college student.
Texas. It’s what we said it was.
The Lone Brain Cell State
Does anyone else find it weird that he knows the word heliocentric?
Not at all. He learned all that, including terminology, from loony conspiracy theories. They like to use sciency words because it makes them sound more legitimate.
