/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15078321

Yes it is because the third of the country you're talking about is ignorant and has decided to remain as much because it does not challenge their beliefs. The basic foundation of scientific inquiry is being willing to challenge longstanding beliefs. Educated people are not going to sit down and argue with /pol/tards for hours as to why the earth isn't flat, why the atmosphere is heating, or how nuclear fusion works with people who do not beilive such things as it contradicts their religious world views.

I used to be of the big tent opinion but this ended when I started dealing with people who, despite being shown contrary evidence, utterly refuse to beilive that human activity can be improved through technology. If someone refuses to acknowledge that we even landed on the moon or that the government needs to coordinate large projects ie a space program or other large industrial facility, then they are inexcusably incompetent and have nothing to add to a larger conversation. The same people opposing computer chip factories, 5G, solar panel manufacturing, battery mining etc are all backwards luddites who just want be social populists and can't accept change. This includes leftists who share similar opinions when it comes to industrial NIMBYism.

These people have already decided, in their own minds, that they will not accept any scientific communications. Why deal with them. They're just dead weight at that point, and are being swept away as scientific progress makes their occupations irrelevant. This is already happening to car mechanics as EVs rise and it's happening to faggot twitter artists as AI art rises.