(December 21, 2014 at 6:39 pm)abaris Wrote: I wonder why the US provides such fertile soil for fruitcakes like that. They only other region where they're cropping up like that is the Islamic world although they advertise for a different franchise of the same bullshit.
I think it has to do with how we culturally value certain ideas and thought processes. Our capitalistic media doesn't really nurture critical analyzation due to the fact that they just want you to absorb their message and consume their product. As a whole, we're unable to develop critical thinking skills, because we've grown up in this environment of just accepting the information presented to us.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
