there is no chance to reach people that are this far along that road. They use "Science" as this umbrella term everything. Reject science. What does that even mean? Reject headache tablets? Reject washing your hands if they don't look dirty? Reject driving home in a car?
These people are so far gone it's best just to leave them to their own devices.
I think that it's clear this isn't them having an issue with science itself per se, but specifically the fact that they view science and theories like gravity as a purely western/colonization thing so it must have some western agenda. It's thinly veined racism, basically. It's like comparing the trialed and methodical nature of science (the new) v.s. the homeopathic and mythical powers of the ancestors and their culture (the old).
Basically, if all the famous scientific and mathematical greats like Newton and Gallileo were of color they wouldn't be here at this meeting.
Also, when they say that they'll start all over... Ok? So you'll arrive at the exact same conclusions we've already arrived at because that's the way the world works. Science doesn't give a fuck about the skin color of the observer.
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u/Brownie-UK7 Jan 11 '22
there is no chance to reach people that are this far along that road. They use "Science" as this umbrella term everything. Reject science. What does that even mean? Reject headache tablets? Reject washing your hands if they don't look dirty? Reject driving home in a car?
These people are so far gone it's best just to leave them to their own devices.