Fact-resistant humans: this explains a lot!

[sellersm]

Research may be new, but these people are not!

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/scientists-earth-endangered-by-new-strain-of-fact-resistant-humans

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MINNEAPOLIS (The Borowitz Report (http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report)) – Scientists have discovered a powerful new strain of fact-resistant humans who are threatening the ability of Earth to sustain life, a sobering new study reports.

The research, conducted by the University of Minnesota, identifies a virulent strain of humans who are virtually immune to any form of verifiable knowledge, leaving scientists at a loss as to how to combat them.



“These humans appear to have all the faculties necessary to receive and process information,” Davis Logsdon, one of the scientists who contributed to the study, said. “And yet, somehow, they have developed defenses that, for all intents and purposes, have rendered those faculties totally inactive.”

[Skip]

I completely disagree ;)

[SuperiorDG]

Sounds like Zombies that don't eat flesh to me.[zombie1]

[WETWRKS]

Mmm....I know a few of those.

[davsel]

The article appears to be concerning global warming "facts."

I am proudly one of the "fact" resistant people. Or as we like to call ourselves, skeptical of their "facts."

[SuperiorDG]

The article appears to be concerning global warming "facts."

I am proudly one of the "fact" resistant people. Or as we like to call ourselves, skeptical of their "facts."

Agreed. I would bet the researchers got a nice grant for their work as well.

[KestrelBike]

We have always been at war with Eurasia?

[Alpha2]

You got a problem with Eurasians? Huh, buddy? You're a RACIST!!!
Unless that is in fact, a fact, in which case, well, you're still a racist. But I can't process that. So, I'm innocent, and blameless, and you are a racist.

I like this. It works out for me. And you're a racist.

[Zombie Steve]

Research may be new, but these people are not!

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/scientists-earth-endangered-by-new-strain-of-fact-resistant-humans

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I can't get the link to open... what else did it say about the Brady Campaign?

[68Charger]

Sounds like Zombies that don't eat flesh to me.[zombie1]

Vegan zombies: they walk around aimlessly chanting "Grains...."

[ray1970]

Sounds like Zombies that don't eat flesh to me.[zombie1]

Sound like democrats and other liberals.

[Aloha_Shooter]

The great irony is that an article published in the New Yorker about a study conducted at the University of Minnesota by climate change proponents is probably the best example of fact resistant humans.

[sellersm]

The great irony is that an article published in the New Yorker about a study conducted at the University of Minnesota by climate change proponents is probably the best example of fact resistant humans.

^This!!

[davsel]

https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/comrade-be-quiet-science-is-settled.png?w=640

[KestrelBike]

Hahah yes! Can you post that image as a comment to the article?
Ah n/m, no comments to speak of.

[Jamnanc]

The irony is that some of you are taking a rather funny satire so seriously.

[KestrelBike]

The irony is that some of you are taking a rather funny satire so seriously.
eh, "comedy" loses its luster when it's an integral part of the narrative that has real-world negative impacts on your life.

eta: which brings me to another point: that movie coming up, Tomorrowland. I love a good scifi flick like this. Unfortunately, it's got George Clooney who is a huge (D) stooge. I swore I'd never advance another $ to that prick's coffers (which end up in obama's, now hillary's, coffers) but damnit I want to watch that movie.

[spyder]

The great irony is that an article published in the New Yorker about a study conducted at the University of Minnesota by climate change proponents is probably the best example of fact resistant humans.

I always enjoy climate change comments, especially since 97% of scientists that are actually able to, and did write about it, are in agreement about climate change being real.


Just stirring the pot... no one mind me.......

[roberth]

Climate change is real.

The dispute is whether or not mankind has a great enough impact upon the earth to alter the earth's climate.

Once that question is answered we get to the real crux of the argument, who can the government impose taxes upon to pay for the climate changes that have already happened and who can the government impose additional taxes on so the government can save us from further climate change. You know, because the government is sooooooo good at taking care of us....obamacare...southern border....the Va debacle in Aurora...using the IRS to attack conservatives and their organizations......I could go on.

The core of the anthropocentric climate change argument is power and money, in that order. These people want to deny your freedom of movement and association, tax your usage of natural resources to the point where you cannot afford to buy them, and they alone will reap the benefits of the taxation.

[SAPenguin]

I always enjoy climate change comments, especially since 97% of scientists that are actually able to, and did write about it, are in agreement about climate change being real.


Just stirring the pot... no one mind me.......

Hey Spyder - did you catch the great sh!tstorm i created with the "science is settled" thread?? pure gold....

[Aloha_Shooter]

The irony is that some of you are taking a rather funny satire so seriously.

It's not really satire and it's only funny to people who have to denigrate their political opponents rather than debate on the actual facts -- hence the irony behind anything published in the New Yorker attempting to make fun of people "denying facts".

It reminds me of how tradition for the Grid Iron dinners with the White House press corps was for the administration in power to make fun of itself but when Obama took office he changed the practice to making fun of his political opponents and hiding behind the cloak of "satire".

Then again, if you believe it doesn't matter when Michael Mann has to turn "evidence" upside-down to fit his paper (Tiljander sediments) or that it's pure coincidence feeding pink noise into Mann's code also produces hockey stick graphs or that they didn't really grown wine-making grapes in Elizabethan (pre-Industrial Age) England or Greenland, you probably think the New Yorker is brilliant and this "satire" was the funniest thing since Tina Fey spoofed Sara Palin.

[buffalobo]

Climate change is real.

The dispute is whether or not mankind has a great enough impact upon the earth to alter the earth's climate.

Once that question is answered we get to the real crux of the argument, who can the government impose taxes upon to pay for the climate changes that have already happened and who can the government impose additional taxes on so the government can save us from further climate change. You know, because the government is sooooooo good at taking care of us....obamacare...southern border....the Va debacle in Aurora...using the IRS to attack conservatives and their organizations......I could go on.

The core of the anthropocentric climate change argument is power and money, in that order. These people want to deny your freedom of movement and association, tax your usage of natural resources to the point where you cannot afford to buy them, and they alone will reap the benefits of the taxation.
Spot on.

[Jamnanc]

I'm not a believer in human "Caused" climate change, I think we're more like a flea on a dogs ass and God or the cosmos or whatever you believe in is much bigger than us. But the article was funny, especially the part about accepting reality when denied air. We do need to be good stewards of creation, Gaia or whatever you want to call our planet, but doing so at the cost of human beings is what I'm against. It read like an onion article to me. It was snide, trite, and slightly offensive. I enjoy each of those in my satire.

Yes, I can picture a lib sitting there laughing at "Those ignorant rednecks" when they read it, but picturing the elitist bastard makes me smile a little bit too. We tend to laugh off their side as just ignorant as well. I'm a little off that way.

[Irving]

What if it were 6 billion fleas on a dogs ass?

[spyder]

Hey Spyder - did you catch the great sh!tstorm i created with the "science is settled" thread?? pure gold....

I didn't, I'm gona have to look at it!