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    7 hours ago

    USA has become an openly fascist nation, and Americans are accepting it, reluctantly maybe, but still overall the Americans are accepting being an openly fascist country now. Where the execution of the law is for the regime alone to decide, and if you oppose it, you become a target.


  • And people who are lollygagging or jaywalking which has already been the case for a long time now.
    Actually just being near where they are is basis enough. And if you complain about it, it is reason enough to kill you.
    Let’s just admit that there is nothing protecting anyone from ICE. It’s like claiming Germans had protections against Gestapo during WW2.



  • First per the article you linked, the religiousness among scientists typically vary from a third to half of the general population.
    Clearly indicating that religiousness declines with higher education.

    But apart from that:
    So you are saying that because some scientists too are superstitious it proves superstitions are valid?

    Let’s take a concrete example here, one of the most brilliant scientists of all time, that solved the problem of AC electro motors and generators when nobody else in the world could. Nikola Tesla was highly superstitious and would favor numbers 3-6-9, and avoid stepping on cracks in the pavement, and he hated pearls as he thought they had magical properties.

    Am I more intelligent than Nikola Tesla was? No of course not. But that doesn’t mean his superstitions were rational.

    If you look at larger scale on the countries that are the least religious in the world, you will see that several polls show the Scandinavian countries are among the absolute least religious. They are also among the highest educated, and they score very high on happiness and just about every measure about the quality of society.

    On the other end, Africa is the most superstitious and religious continent and also the least educated. Where you can find stories about goats being judged in court, because they think it is a wizard that transformed himself (yes literally!).

    Obviously there are also non religious scientists, and all research shows that on average religiousness drop with higher education.
    By your post I’m guessing you are religious yourself. And I’d like to ask how and why you chose your particular religion over another religion?