Post A7BSaGxEMqLBckfvX6 by orekix@anime.website
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(DIR) Post #A7BSMDw2nOrICqQBG4 by augustus@shitposter.club
2021-05-12T20:07:03.179876Z
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the world is a far more magical place when the possibility of all magical things has been obliterated by modern science
(DIR) Post #A7BSaGxEMqLBckfvX6 by orekix@anime.website
2021-05-12T20:09:34.932125Z
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@augustus > an omnipotent being created all things that we know ✝☪✡< fuck off I don't believe in that bullshit> the universe might be a hologram, scientists say< wow so true!!!
(DIR) Post #A7BSdFJwthqJQUifUO by mar77i@gleasonator.com
2021-05-12T20:10:07.782581Z
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@augustus I like this take better.There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.Douglas Adams
(DIR) Post #A7BSjBzqAc0kqz9JsO by lain@lain.com
2021-05-12T20:11:11.052345Z
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@augustus the academic scientific worldview is about as magical as the Catholic one, which makes sense given their similar structure.
(DIR) Post #A7BSzfcRnkYNMO44Iq by orekix@anime.website
2021-05-12T20:14:11.060111Z
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@lain @augustus without any of the culture
(DIR) Post #A7BT2w2fCLY5ABsrD6 by shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu
2021-05-12T20:14:45.538308Z
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@lain @augustus magic-is-in-the-details not a bad take, thougham fine with letting a guy be a little hippocrates sometimes when he's like 80 years old
(DIR) Post #A7BTBcF0Bf5YMFnJ8S by augustus@shitposter.club
2021-05-12T20:16:20.844460Z
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@lain i think i remember them telling us about this in Catholic school https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Secrets_of_F%C3%A1tima and everyone's imaginations were going wild. also my memory of the story was "the final secret has still not been revealed" it briefly made Catholicism as magical to me as the first episode of Pokemon where Ash sees the legendary bird
(DIR) Post #A7BTHLdOqIXUaiwIwy by lain@lain.com
2021-05-12T20:17:21.052967Z
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@shmibs @augustus I think Dawkins is a genius and his non-religious books were pretty mind expanding for me, but he has come to represent (sometimes) the fossilized part of academic science that is mostly interested in talking about how silly (or evil) the rest of the world is because they don't see things the same way.
(DIR) Post #A7BTN9WQmys2lMRp4K by lain@lain.com
2021-05-12T20:18:25.112678Z
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@augustus yeah, but the church tries their best to suppress this and make Catholicism as boring as possible.
(DIR) Post #A7BTOhd9SbHuq0KXs8 by augustus@shitposter.club
2021-05-12T20:18:42.720175Z
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@lain @shmibs his twitter game is pretty good
(DIR) Post #A7BTR8qVFGgnp8jq9A by lain@lain.com
2021-05-12T20:19:08.064694Z
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@augustus @shmibs after his stroke he became BASED again
(DIR) Post #A7BTTNr0PsgOwx2hjE by shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu
2021-05-12T20:19:32.401076Z
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@lain @augustus2021-1620850699.png
(DIR) Post #A7BTV9xt1hXyS96kj2 by augustus@shitposter.club
2021-05-12T20:19:52.712214Z
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@lain @shmibs I think he's been cancelled recently because of a post that was implicitly transphobic too (at least not sufficiently deferential)
(DIR) Post #A7BTetYwreU8Ti5Mi8 by lain@lain.com
2021-05-12T20:21:36.767945Z
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@augustus @shmibs he's been cancelled like 5 times by now, especially after US atheism moved from "bash the creationist" to "your rights end where my feelings begin"
(DIR) Post #A7BU6PV2ER1vLbNKSm by mrsaturday@shitposter.club
2021-05-12T20:26:36.766977Z
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@lain @shmibs @augustus I saw him speak live a while ago. It's really sad that he's mainly known for being an atheist, since that's one of the least interesting things about him.
(DIR) Post #A7BU75tGcjMwov2H44 by mar77i@gleasonator.com
2021-05-12T20:26:43.865826Z
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@augustus @lain @shmibs I dislike Dawkins in a way in which I also dislike Kant. Open the door to religious tones in your secularism and boom! Another religion is here.
(DIR) Post #A7BU93Kl6GFvTDpRDM by shmibs@tomo.airen-no-jikken.icu
2021-05-12T20:27:03.838442Z
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@augustus @lain he defaults to kinda strong black-and-white decisions on things even when unfamiliar with them. nuance can increase with experience and thought or an honest conversation with someone with relevant experienceproblem is black-and-white being popular for the people doing the "cancelling" as well, but with categorisations that don't match and no desire to engage
(DIR) Post #A7BUGzJhv1kjKR7Xsm by lain@lain.com
2021-05-12T20:28:30.495473Z
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@mrsaturday @augustus @shmibs yeah, it's not like with neil Tyson where the only thing he's done is been a "science communicator"
(DIR) Post #A7BUMVatLAi0sln69I by newt@stereophonic.space
2021-05-12T20:29:30.223451Z
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@orekix @augustus honestly, the most depressing part of this joke isn't that some people believe the universe is a hologram. It's that scientist suck at naming things. The holographic principle has nothing to do with holograms.
(DIR) Post #A7BYx3Vv6XIeKB9Eiu by anonymoose@fedi.club
2021-05-12T21:20:56.542340Z
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@augustus @lain @shmibs His lifetime achievement award from the humanist society was revoked because he asked why transgenderism and transracialism are treated so differently; I believe he even name-dropped Rachel Dolezal.No one provided a good answer to the question, they just made it clear you're not allowed to ask those sorts of questions."Skeptics" and their sacred cows, man.