Am 14.01.2017 um 08:49 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
> 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.

What I actually find even more worrying is the growing scepticism about
the press. Free journalism plays an important role in any free society,
and widespread distrust in it might be just as disruptive to its
function as anything else.

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