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xkcd #3180: Apples

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The experimental math department's budget is under scrutiny for how much they've been spending on trains leaving Chicago at 9:00pm traveling at 45 mph.

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[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The "question everything" folks, too.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No, the ones that says we shouldn't trust scientists and doctors, not realizing the alternative would be to check and prove every single thing before believing it.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

In my experience, those people don't go around questioning things. They just pick somebody to believe and make them their messiah or something.