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Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans
MINNEAPOLIS 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.
More worryingly, Logsdon said, As facts have multiplied, their defenses against those facts have only grown more powerful.
While scientists have no clear understanding of the mechanisms that prevent the fact-resistant humans from absorbing data, they theorize that the strain may have developed the ability to intercept and discard information en route from the auditory nerve to the brain. The normal functions of human consciousness have been completely nullified, Logsdon said.
While reaffirming the gloomy assessments of the study, Logsdon held out hope that the threat of fact-resistant humans could be mitigated in the future. Our research is very preliminary, but its possible that they will become more receptive to facts once they are in an environment without food, water, or oxygen, he said.
By Andy Borowitz
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/scientists-earth-endangered-by-new-strain-of-fact-resistant-humans
bigtree
(85,915 posts)...as future generations look back with wonder at the denial and indifference from many Americans today.
Self-interested, corrupt politicians are a different story...
malaise
(267,791 posts)Just the truth
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)and it's the absolute truth. Civilization is going to have to virtually collapse before anything sane and humane can be built from and on the smouldering ruins of predatory capitalism.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Gothmog
(143,998 posts)IDemo
(16,926 posts)A study done not long ago showed that people tend to actually harden their beliefs as a defense mechanism after being shown the facts.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)seveneyes
(4,631 posts)Because you will be blamed for the wrath and death they try to unleash.