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why do they believe everything they hear (imgur.com)
submitted 6 months ago by lukasss
[–]deetzle 27 points28 points29 points 6 months ago
People believe that crap because others like my freaking high school PHYSICS teacher spewed that bullcrap. Yep.
[–]typtyphus 17 points18 points19 points 6 months ago
scientific illiterates, should not teach.
[–]sndzag1 7 points8 points9 points 6 months ago
I wonder how much of it is illiteracy, versus actual distortion of the truth to fit what they already believe from church and so on. If you believe that because we are in the Goldilocks zone, God must exist, then you are much quicker to latch onto things that confirm your bias (confirmation bias) before doing more research, even though within yourself, you have this nagging "Well, that's disproven somewhere, but I don't have time to read up on it. I'm sure it's fine."
Ok, just kidding, halfway through writing this I realized that's exactly what scientific illiteracy boils down to. If I was going to save myself here, I'd say "It's more like intentional scientific ignorance."
[–]deetzle 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
The sad thing is that, other than that little tidbit, she was actually quite a good teacher.
[–]typtyphus 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
to be a bit more fair: scientific illiterates, should not teach science
[–]thecajunone 6 points7 points8 points 6 months ago
This disgusts me. It robs the child of their ability to question things and learn. I too was told by my high school science teacher that God created the earth. We pretty much skimmed over the chapters on evolution and the big bang, we were told it was silly nonsense. It took me until I was almost 24 years old to realize I had been brainwashed and they were the ones believing in fairy tales.
[–]teuast 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
The more time I spend here, the more I consider how lucky I am that I live in San Diego, which next to like LA and NY has to be one of the most enlightened places in the entire USA. My history and science teachers make fun of religion, and the two or three active Christians in the class laugh right along with us heathens.
[–]Bluedemonfox 1 point2 points3 points 6 months ago
Yes I remember teachers from my school used to teach that too. At young age I used to believe that stuff since I also used to think teachers are always right but I started to become a bit skeptical about a lot of stuff they said.
[–]fireburt 13 points14 points15 points 6 months ago
How fast does Earth approach the Sun, you ask? From July-Jan, 700mph on average. Recedes during other 6 months.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
[–]nermid 1 point2 points3 points 6 months ago
I've had regrets about every public figure I've followed on Twitter except Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
[–]fireburt 1 point2 points3 points 6 months ago
Yeah, there are very few people I follow, but he is still the only one where I'm interested in everything he tweets.
[–]jsmayne 1 point2 points3 points 6 months ago
clearly you never followed NPH or wil wheaton
those guys are brilliant
[–]metalmusicatheism 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
Will wheaton is a redditor and a atheist too right?
[–]jsmayne 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
idk about atheist but he is a redditor
his s.n. is "wil"
if we say his name a bunch of times he occasionally appears
I found him as wil wheaton on Tumblr and other sites, most of them are atheistic, but I don't know if they are other people.
[–]studmuffffffin 20 points21 points22 points 6 months ago
Why do people keep reposting this?
[–]The_Mexorcist26 26 points27 points28 points 6 months ago
Because reddit
[–]sndzag1 8 points9 points10 points 6 months ago
because karma
FTFY
[–]necroforest -2 points-1 points0 points 6 months ago
ugh, i wish we'd just get rid of karma all together.
[–]sndzag1 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
To be fair, I don't think the gamification of Reddit is a problem. Good content still comes through, and you can easily sort out good posts from bad (and good posters from bad) the way it is.
[–]teuast -1 points0 points1 point 6 months ago
Ironic that karma came from Hinduism, isn't it?
I think the word as it is used in Reddit, is basically unrelated. Works pretty well, though. Good karma for upvotes, bad karma for downvotes.
[–]monstereddit -3 points-2 points-1 points 6 months ago
none for you :P
[–]Bbqwingz 3 points4 points5 points 6 months ago
To be fair, there isn't a lot of new content except for news articles and the occasional "my story" post. Everything else is usually a repost of some kind, be it a Youtube video (Hitchslap anyone?), an image, an article, etc.
Lots of new people are new to this subreddit and probably haven't seen this image. Ever. Now they have.
That said, it does get posted quite a lot. What else can you expect of Reddit, though. Reddit is like...THE king of reposts.
[–]therealsylvos 2 points3 points4 points 6 months ago
Even though it's a repost I'm still ok with it due to awesomeness.
[–]Stergeary 4 points5 points6 points 6 months ago*
It's not even the silliness of the supposed astronomical fact that she stated about the sun and the earth that does it for me, but it's how she ended it with "God is amazing!!"
Lets say you're playing with a set of Legos, the box art shows a perfectly beautiful looking red Lego house. You set forth to build this Lego house, and you completely fuck it up. Some parts of the house have the semblance of the perfect kitchen and the perfect bedroom that was shown on the box, but your rendition of the house looks downright awful. Suppose another person now walked in, and they said, "Awesome dude, the house was supposed to be red, and you managed to properly use red bricks! You are amazing!!"
Assuming the "fact" she claimed was actually true, that would be the context with which she delivered the line "God is amazing"; that an omnipotent creator managed to not fuck up within plus-minus 10 feet, given that the rest of the world is so unbelievably flawed in its creation.
[–]sireatalot 1 point2 points3 points 6 months ago
Even if that 10ft statament was true, still it doesn't prove that God is amazing. If we actually burned up or froze to death, we wouldn't be around to complain about God's mistake.
[–]OriginallyWhat 18 points19 points20 points 6 months ago
climbing up 10ft isn't the equivalent of the earth being 10 ft closer to the sun
[–]YodaTuna 36 points37 points38 points 6 months ago
Not that it matters, since the Earth's distance from the sun varies wildly over the course of a year.
[–][deleted] 13 points14 points15 points 6 months ago
Tens of thousands of kilometers, in fact.
[–]Quarkitude 18 points19 points20 points 6 months ago
5.1 million km
[–][deleted] 7 points8 points9 points 6 months ago
Ah, my bad. That aside, the whole "10 ft" argument is stupid, and, living in the bible belt, I'm surprised I haven't seen it on Facebook yet.
[–]Quarkitude 9 points10 points11 points 6 months ago
You were not incorrect with the "Tens of thousands" number. 510 'tens of thousands' to be exact. I was just clarifying.
[–]crankybadger 3 points4 points5 points 6 months ago
That's 510 tens of thousands of kilometers.
[–]Quarkitude 2 points3 points4 points 6 months ago
Clarifying, not correcting
[–]parttimehuman 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
It's actually over 5 million kilometers or around 3.3%.
[–]cedargrove 1 point2 points3 points 6 months ago
I see these people have yet to reach Kepler in their studies.
[–]cebedec 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
Relevant (early) xkcd
[–]Slacker2k -9 points-8 points-7 points 6 months ago
Actually, it does not vary all that much. Dx/dt (distance change over time) is very small when compared to x (the distance between the sun and Earth).
[–]BakulaSelleck92 6 points7 points8 points 6 months ago
yes, but it's still more than 10 feet.
[–]crankybadger 1 point2 points3 points 6 months ago
It is if you're on the side facing the sun at the right latitude at the right time.
[–]__slots__ 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
You're right, but this hurts ladder sales, so... keep it under wraps.
[–]Yoop3r 2 points3 points4 points 6 months ago
This is brilliant! Climbing a ladder and bursting in flames cracks me up.
[–]REPTILE512TB 2 points3 points4 points 6 months ago
Or digging a hole and getting colder at 10 feet. Also I think climbing a mountain or you know what I mean.
Salt Lake City must be fucking hot.
[–]Kwiatkowski 1 point2 points3 points 6 months ago
They maybe actually retarded, I mean, they do believe in a magic book.
[–]gstatty 1 point2 points3 points 6 months ago
The Earth rotates around the sun in an elliptical orbit, the distance between the Earth and the sun is never completely constant and earthquakes and geological changes in the Earth's environment cause the distance to change without us all catching on fire.
[–]15rthughes 1 point2 points3 points 6 months ago
that is a very old repost, but I enjoyed it nonetheless
[–]UnholyGeezer 1 point2 points3 points 6 months ago
But they don't believe everything they hear, just the stuff that makes no sense.
When I tell them stuff that's actually true, they don't believe it.
[–]nebula0024 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
I read this like 5 times, was laughing so hard.
[–]khast 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
Why you ask? Well, ask them how literal they take their bible....something that is so full of inconsistencies and bronze age "science" and understanding.....and maybe you would understand why they would believe such utter nonsense.
[–]KlM-JONG-IL 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
How do you know when someone has a Dell?
[–]MUGARO 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
New Orleans is 5 feet below sea level. Denver is 5200 feet above sea level.
[–]penguin0719 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
Here in Fort Collins, where I attend university, the average elevation is 5000 feet. Clearly, the poor people in Denver are being fried to death while we students spend our days building fires and huddling together for warmth.
[–]jamesbiff 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
This is why religion succeeds i think, people hear shit like this and because they dont know any better (or basic science apparently) they think its true. I mean, if they dont know any better, who are they to question what someone else tells them?
[–]squigs 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
It's true! This is why tropical cities like Singapore and Rio De Janeiro don't have tall buildings!
[–]Barnowl79 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
How many times is this gonna be on the front page?! Who hasn't seen this yet? What's next, nyancat? The numa numa guy? Get with the times people.
[–]Cross33 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
... wtf? he knows the earth travels in an elliptical pattern right? thats like elementary grade science right there...
[–]dilligasatall 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
They don't believe everything they hear, only the things that reinforce their beliefs.
[–]HotelFiveTwo 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
I lol'ed so hard at work when I read this. Had to show it to all my co-workers.
[–]Isayimanatheist 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
This made me fall while walking and completely lol
[–]Jymzjameson 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
i've seen this so many goddamn times
[–]MixedUpZombie 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
repost.
[–]nicasaur -1 points0 points1 point 6 months ago
How many people stepped up a ladder after reading this?
[–][deleted] 5 points6 points7 points 6 months ago
My estimate: zero.
[–]caseyjhol -1 points0 points1 point 6 months ago
Did you guys know? This is a repost. Just thought you guys should know.
[–]Moontouch -1 points0 points1 point 6 months ago
This is stolen:
http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/n2fq5/fact_if_the_earth_was_10_ft_closer_to_the_sun_we/
[–]EliWallace 2 points3 points4 points 6 months ago
that's not the original either
[–]blusaranoob -1 points0 points1 point 6 months ago
Repost. And now I'm the bad guy.
[–]PinballWizrd -1 points0 points1 point 6 months ago
Oh I remember this comic! It was funny the first 10 times it was posted!
[–]Sydafexx -1 points0 points1 point 6 months ago
Repost............
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[–]REDDIT_IS_NOT_COOL 7 points8 points9 points 6 months ago
There's a pretty large habitable zone in our solar system which is miles wide. There is no way that moving 10 feet closer or further away will cause burning or freezing.
[–]zzorga 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
What, is this a habitable zone for ants? It needs to be at least 10 million miles wider!
16,404,199,475 feet > 10 feet
Distance fluctuation number from http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast04jan_1/
[–]ICrimsonI -7 points-6 points-5 points 6 months ago
should post this "Fact, if I gave a shit, I would as retarted as you." :3
Should learn how to spell.
[–]PureBlooded 0 points1 point2 points 6 months ago
hes probably 15 years old and trying to debate religion on the internet like he knows it all.
Pretty much everyone in this subreddit really
all it takes is a username and password
create account
is it really that easy? only one way to find out...
already have an account and just want to login?
login
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