On 1/14/2017 7:49 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 13-1-2017 10:12, clipka wrote:
>> Am 13.01.2017 um 08:54 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
>>
>>> Yes indeed. I used to laugh about those "silly" Americans that thought
>>> such quixotic things. For a number of years, I am not laughing any more
>>> as the disease is spreading outside the US, and deriding/disbelieving
>>> science in general is becoming fashionable in more places in the world,
>>> including Europe. It is a worrisome development. With the new
>>> administration in place, things are not likely to become better I am
>>> afraid.
>>
>> At least The Pumpkin himself doesn't seem to be motivated by religion.
>> Just by pure narcissism.
>>
>
> That is true, but is is not only about religion I am afraid. It is about
> a growing scepticism about science /per se/. The internet and utube are
> not entirely foreign to this.
>

It is the Revenge of The Turnip. [Creepy music]
When The Pumpkin supplanted The Turnip as the face o' Halloween. The 
Great Neep cursed the land with the love of the Big and Easy. Then the 
internet joined the dots.



-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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