[ExI] trutherism: was RE: Social aim for Transhumanism: Better thinking about issues

[Jeff Davis]

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 1:46 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

<Snip a whole bunch of nifty sciencey stuff about water, ice, butter, and steel>

> So perhaps part of the reason trutherism got so much mileage is due to the  rumor .....

Read the article, Spike.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627606.100-living-in-denial-why-sensible-people-reject-the-truth.html?full=true

The proposed explanation suggests it's an
emotional-need-driven-human-irrationality thing, not a
misunderstanding-of-fact thing.

Always good to hear from you, buddy.

Best, Jeff Davis

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