Comment on NASA has some explaining to do

FerbFletcher@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  (4) Protestants doing an unholy amalgamation of Catholic spirituality and Rational Scientific Inquiry to reach absurdist conclusions at their intersection.

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  • CyberDine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    (5) Cheap propaganda to further destabilize American institutions and hegemony

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    • chriscz@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If this works then whomever is being convinced, should be convinced, as it clarifies where the idiocy-non-idiocy line is.

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      • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Nar man. It isn’t all about idiocy. Not everyone has your level of education; and even aside from that, people tend to grab bits and pieces of ideas that support what they already believe.

        So if someone believes in god and the power of pray etc. but they feel that life still isn’t going there way - they might see some value in this ‘reason’. And even if this evil satellite thing is still implausible, a person might take bits of the idea to make their own version about something / someone else blocking prays. It could be 4G radiation, or vaccine microchips, or some other boogieman crap. It all feeds into a persons broader ‘understanding’ of how things could be even if they don’t take in the whole idea.

        You and I are basically immune to this particular post. It just looks like total garbage immediately. But it is incorrect and dangerous to think that only ‘idiots’ can be conned or tricked. All it takes is for someone to post ideas on the boundaries of what you understand, with a taste of what you want to hear. That’s what hooks people in. For smart and educated people, that boundary of understanding can be pretty far in - but it still exists, and that’s where the manipulation can still get them.

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      • sighofannoyance@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        (7) The war on xmas!

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  • FerbFletcher@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My take is that this qualifies as having no real grasp of Christianity. But I wouldn’t argue hard against this being a separate option

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• niktemadur@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If there’s something the internet has confirmed since its’ inception, is that humanity is both incredibly clever and incredibly stupid, in equal measure, beyond what I ever imagined was possible, beyond what I could conceive.

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• eltrain123@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  (3) …Christianity or basic foundational education…

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  • nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Exactly. Everyone knows that Jesus navigates based his position relative to the the absolute position of celestial bodies. That and there is no way that a simple, unarmored satelite would make it past his point-defense batteries and compromise his re-entry trajectory.

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• AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s clearly a joke. But it’s not that much more ridiculous than what many Christians actually believe. That’s the joke.

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