Rick Baudé Wrote:
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> Lee Olsen Wrote:
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> Yes, they are idiots.

No, they are not idiots. If you simply want to argue, we can do that.

> The fact that the earth is
> round has been settled science for millenia.

Yes, so has a lot of things. So anything a person doesn't know something about is an idiot?

> As far as pay walls goes, thanks for proving
the
> point I've been making for years.

You haven't proven anything.

> Pay walls are an
> intellectual cancer they hide critical information
> that prevents people and institutions from making
> informed choices.

That's why they have libraries. According to the flawed "cancer" concept, everyone was an idiot before there were computers? That includes "Erathostenes" and "Aristotle" who had access to libraries, but not internet free-on-demand peer-reviewed articles, so you just proved they were "idiots" also.

> If they can't afford the
> article then you what happens? People fall back
> gossip, BS, urban legends, 'just so' stories, to
> make their choices. And then the Anti-vaxxers,
> flat earthers, young earth creationists fill the
> intellectual vacuum left by the pay walls.

No, they simply go to the library.

> And oh yeah libraries aren't free.

Of course they are not, neither are pay-walled internet providers, or computers, or microscopes. But the libraries are already paid for by taxes, not using them is a complete waste. If you want both, take a free bus to the library (also already paid for by taxes whether you use them or not), or use interlibrary loan.


[ktvq.com]
"He said, “Oftentimes younger people will say, ‘Well, the internet is just a big library.’ That’s wrong; the internet is a big dumpster."

Here is what you get for free on line: big foot blogs, flat earth blogs, and un-moderated news forums, and garbage that's there one day and gone the next.

[www.nytimes.com]
"While scientific literacy has doubled over the past two decades, only 20 to 25 percent of Americans are "scientifically savvy and alert," he said in an interview."

In particular are those who don't even read what is free online from peer-reviewed sources... and is this book free? [www.barnesandnoble.com]
Ah...NOT.