So often I feel like I'm going crazy, looking at the data that tell a tale that people claim is fraudulent and something put out by the political party opposite to theirs (generally, they're on the Right, the opposition is the Left) to "deceive the people" and "allow tyrants to take over the nation/world/etc." Or something of the sort. The choice so often comes down to "Shall I continue to believe in what hard, scientifically acquired data, my education, and history tell us, or shall I be regarded by people as on their side and thus worthy of their friendship? That can be one hell of a hard choice to make, and having to make it every damned day of my life becomes very wearing. So, as you can imagine, someone agreeding with my on any of these critically important matters is a reassurance that I'm sane (at least to some extent), not mistaken in my understanding of what the science makes known, and not entirely alone in the world
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So often I feel like I'm going crazy, looking at the data that tell a tale that people claim is fraudulent and something put out by the political party opposite to theirs (generally, they're on the Right, the opposition is the Left) to "deceive the people" and "allow tyrants to take over the nation/world/etc." Or something of the sort. The choice so often comes down to "Shall I continue to believe in what hard, scientifically acquired data, my education, and history tell us, or shall I be regarded by people as on their side and thus worthy of their friendship? That can be one hell of a hard choice to make, and having to make it every damned day of my life becomes very wearing. So, as you can imagine, someone agreeding with my on any of these critically important matters is a reassurance that I'm sane (at least to some extent), not mistaken in my understanding of what the science makes known, and not entirely alone in the world ( ... )
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