flu hysteria - Re: Coronavirus: Thread
Punk-Stasi 2.0
punks at tfwno.gf
Tue Apr 21 21:01:01 PDT 2020
On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:53:23 +1000
Zenaan Harkness <zen at freedbms.net> wrote:
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> Yes, "Science, as in blind acceptance of the authority of other humans" is the New Religion. Can't argue with that.
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> And of course "science, as in the tool of mind which is used to gain greater/finer practical understanding of our present reality" is a tool "which is used by despots to further enslave us".
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> Science is a tool. Like hammers, calculators, and bicycles. It's a tool of the human mind. The products of science are often tools.
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> Tools get used by despots to enslave.
Are you suggesting that these 'tools' are somehow neutral?
Do you think industrial societies are a 'tool' as well?
> Present tools as at $THIS_DAY are almost always sufficient for despots to enslave.
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> Do you suggest any antidotes to our enslavement by despots?
killing the despots should be a good one
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