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There are a lot of reasons for the rise of Donald Trump: a dysfunctional, "if-it-bleeds-it-leads" media,and a generally pissed off electorate that feels it has been ignored and betrayed by the establishments of both parties. Astronomer Phil Plait, of Bad Astronomy fame, feels that GOP opposition to science and critical thinking played a major role: The GOP's Denial of Science Primed Them For the Illogic of Donald Trump:
At the end of the article, Phil gives a list of his posts on critical thinking.
longship
(40,416 posts)Phil Plait is absolutely incredible.
Make sure you visit his Blog.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy.html
kimbutgar
(22,506 posts)20 years after the alien invasion they harnessed the scientific technology to help the world. Earth's citizens United together and stopped wars.
I thought after seeing it how science is being dismissed by the rightwingers and christofascists. If we embraced science it could open up so many new job opportunities in the world. But now we are stifled by the rightwingers.
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stopbush
(24,580 posts)Religion is make believe, yet it is allowed by society to have equal footing with objective truth. Opinion is equal to fact - if one believes hard enough, it must be true, and woe to anyone who questions such faith.
Critical thinking is not appreciated when it intrudes on our fantasies.