On 14-1-2017 12:33, clipka wrote:
> 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.
>

You are absolutely right.

-- 
Thomas

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