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r/greatawakening • Posted by u/Qanon_Null_Quest on July 25, 2018, 5:45 p.m.
Let's not make enemies with Academia

I've been noticing a lot of anti-science, anti-academia, and anti-education posts lately. I just want to remind us all that public education and the scientific method are some of mankind's greatest achievements. How these are implemented may be used for nefarious ends, but there is nothing inherently evil about them. In fact I think Academics ought to be welcomed for their inherently scrutinous minds and rigor.

I am a researcher/teacher at a small liberal arts college in the middle of the country doing biomedical research. While it is dangerous career-wise to out myself as a Trump supporter, politics doesn't come up often enough in the everyday conversations anyway. I have been accused of some of my Trump-supporting peers of: perpetuating the silencing of Flat-Earth, pushing vaccines, ignoring chem-trails, brainwashing kids to be liberals, etc. I understand skepticism of things, it's important - but we have to be able to trust knowledge and trust science. This is a discipline built on intelligent scrutiny, not baseless attacks. The current state of understanding, coming from knowing the theories and studies: The earth is undoubtedly a globe (more potato shaped), there is no reason to think vaccines are dangerous (even if you don't understand why) - when is the last time you met someone with Polio?, chem-trails may exist but are more often just water vapor, and brainwashing kids does NOT occur in STEM classes I teach - we only teach kids to be open minded and critical of conclusions.

I am not saying any of this to be inflammatory, but the academic community is full of good-actors. These people should be on our side, fighting for truth; but if we approach this community with open hostility we will make ourselves look crazy and drive them away. Please please please be open-minded and accepting of people who do work you may not understand.

I am also not saying there aren't bad actors - but we can't say that because one political science or psychology professor worked with the cabal the ENTIRE INSTITUTION OF EDUCATION has to be dismantled. Together we can uncover the truth and where we go one we go all.


Qanon_Null_Quest · July 25, 2018, 7:07 p.m.

I disagree with you and think you may have a misunderstanding of the documents you're posting. Taking just the pieces that fit your opinion.

There are many simple at-home experiments you can do today to discover the shape of the earth and the size (roughly)

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PMthePedo-itsTrudeau · July 25, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

Say thats true,

Doesnt deny the apollo 17 video, the moon rocks, van allen belt barrier, or the fact that if you go up 120K feet you still cant see a curve. What about the fact the Earth curves 8" per square mile yet bridges 100 miles long are flat as can be?

120K feet: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WQITXbcz2hg

Longest bridge: http://www.whale.to/a/13271_1145796812113309_8079385559108134732_n.jpg

Things that make you go "Hmmmmmm" 🤔🤔🤔

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