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NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)There is a deep-seated fear among some Americans that an Ebola outbreak could make the country turn to science.
In interviews conducted across the nation, leading anti-science activists expressed their concern that the American people, wracked with anxiety over the possible spread of the virus, might desperately look to science to save the day.
Its a very human reaction, said Harland Dorrinson, a prominent anti-science activist from Springfield, Missouri. If you put them under enough stress, perfectly rational people will panic and start believing in science.
Additionally, he worries about a slippery slope situation, in which a belief in science leads to a belief in math, which in turn fosters a dangerous dependence on facts.
At the end of the day, though, Dorrinson hopes that such a doomsday scenario will not come to pass. Time and time again through history, Americans have been exposed to science and refused to accept it, he said. I pray that this time will be no different.
www.borowitzreport.com

randome
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longship
(40,416 posts)And that was in a small town rural west Michigan.
An idiot belching black.
FSogol
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Baitball Blogger
(49,117 posts)FourScore
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KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)How long before one of them talks in terms of gods judgement and praying as the way to cure the disease?
LiberalArkie
(17,247 posts)NCjack
(10,297 posts)and work some shifts for the beleagared Texas nurses caring for the ebola patients.
treestar
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littlemissmartypants
(26,590 posts)Sometimes it is necessary to go a long distance out of your way, to come back a short distance, correctly.
~ Lmsp 🙌
world wide wally
(21,835 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Time and time again through history, Americans have been exposed to science and refused to accept it, he said.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)That was right on!
dhill926
(16,953 posts)in America .
treestar
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Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)valerief
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ThoughtCriminal
(14,410 posts)People will have to stop pretending that they washed their hands.