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Anonymous at Sun, 5 May 2024 13:11:27 UTC No. 16160611
Is general ignorance when it comes to the natural sciences (i.e. the only real ones which derive predictive equations from empirical observations) a problem?
It takes a dozen years of a man in his life of peak fluid intelligence to learn this shit properly, and by all accounts the chances of him producing anything useful or meaningful is still almost nil.
So why is there such a big push for midwits and below to "appreciate", "understand" and "educate" themselves about physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, computation, and so on?
Anonymous at Sun, 5 May 2024 13:19:52 UTC No. 16160627
>>16160611
>physics
Yes the natural science where the real big thinkers come up with useful and meaninful stuff, like quantum mumbo jumbo and boltzmann brains.
Anonymous at Sun, 5 May 2024 13:22:03 UTC No. 16160630
>>16160627
>quantum mumbo jumbo and boltzmann brains
the fringe elements of knowledge are always bizarre and seemingly untrustworthy
a few more breakthroughs and the body will be canonized as we push the boundary further
and quantum mumbo jumbo will have the same position as newtonian mechanics.
Anonymous at Sun, 5 May 2024 13:22:07 UTC No. 16160631
Ignorance is bliss. Why would someone willingly subject him/herself to the scourge of knowledge?
Anonymous at Sun, 5 May 2024 13:25:34 UTC No. 16160633
>>16160611
Do you want a population which is well-informed or one of savages? It's obvious why scientific ignorance is a problem
Anonymous at Sun, 5 May 2024 13:30:30 UTC No. 16160639
>>16160630
>and quantum mumbo jumbo will have the same position as newtonian mechanics.
The average popsci-consuming normie is already told that Newton has been totally discredited by smartest man in history and protagonist of science Albert Einstein, despite the fact that classical physics are the still by far the most useful and pratical application in human civilization
Anonymous at Mon, 6 May 2024 08:55:37 UTC No. 16161909
Classical physics knowledge is useful to just about anyone. Anything beyond that only is to specialized niche experts.