New Strain Has Scientists Worried

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Scientists have discovered a powerful new strain of fact-resistant humans who are threatening the ability of Earth to sustain life, a sobering new study reports.

The research, conducted by the University of Minnesota, identifies a virulent strain of humans who are virtually immune to any form of verifiable knowledge, leaving scientists at a loss as to how to combat them.

“These humans appear to have all the faculties necessary to receive and process information,†Davis Logsdon, one of the scientists who contributed to the study, said. “And yet, somehow, they have developed defenses that, for all intents and purposes, have rendered those faculties totally inactive.â€

More worryingly, Logsdon said, “As facts have multiplied, their defenses against those facts have only grown more powerful.â€

While scientists have no clear understanding of the mechanisms that prevent the fact-resistant humans from absorbing data, they theorize that the strain may have developed the ability to intercept and discard information en route from the auditory nerve to the brain. “The normal functions of human consciousness have been completely nullified,†Logsdon said.

 

While reaffirming the gloomy assessments of the study, Logsdon held out hope that the threat of fact-resistant humans could be mitigated in the future. “Our research is very preliminary, but it’s possible that they will become more receptive to facts once they are in an environment without food, water, or oxygen,†he said.

 

http://www.newyorker...esistant-humans

[Coss]

So true, yes I know it's satire, but I reckon quite true also.

 

I've been worrying about Truth by Popularity, since the advent of Google.

[Specialist]

What they carefully don't mention is that many of those fact-resistant humans are "scientists" and politicians.

 

In freshman physics, I was told "Physics is an empirical science." Along the way, I learned "One experimental result trumps a thousand theories and hypotheses." I also picked up the idea that "Simulations and models are absolutely worthless unless they can be validated against real-world experimental data, with all its warts."

 

And I have to go run errands.

[ALHOLK]

They have existed for a very long time. They are known as religious types.

[Coss]

Therein the problem, most of the climate change debate, Pro and Anti, is argued in religious fervour.