Scully eventually ended up being genuinely wrong most of the time. The show didn’t want to drop her “scientific straightman” role as Mulder’s foil, but damn the evidence became stacked for the paranormal
That’s one reason why I’m not a fan of the show, it was in a long list of a lot of 90’s media that portrayed skeptics as “naive” and “unwilling to accept evidence”, and believers as open minded and curious when in reality it’s the other way around.
I’m glad I grew up watching Scooby-Doo where the believers are just being duped by scammers and there’s always a rational, scientific explanation for everything (except in the movies).
I think neither view is accurate really, people who readily believe in the supernatural have been very much been the same kind of person for the last half century, which is that breed of person who doesn’t know a lot about science and history and related fields, but will immediately start tying together disparate pieces of evidence to support a pre-conclusion that the answer is supernatural, while more scientific minded people are usually like “It’s probably not aliens, but we need to learn more and study more to eliminate everything else first” and are generally very ready to consider the fantastic if they can learn anything about it… it’s just that reality is what actually rules it out, not some stuffy adherence to science as a dogma.
This is why I dislike X-files now despite loving it when I was younger, it fed deeply into the uneducated mind that they too can be a “Mulder,” casting aside process and “going against the grain” to find the reality that THE MAN doesn’t want you to know. It led to a whole ass generation of middle-americans believing in magic oil and horse dewormer, which was one of the many forces that opened the door for massive harm done to our society and collective understanding of objective reality.
We are both right. But kind of in the “flavored cigarettes” kind of way. I have no idea why someone would downvote you, I wasn’t exactly stating a rock solid hypothesis there.
The necessity of the sedentary growing of barley and hops for brewing beer is the only thing that is kind of holding me back from reverting to full on mammoth hunter.
I can’t help but feel that the general lack of mammouths may also put a bit of a crimp on that plan. Sorry to burst your bubble. Maybe you could diversify a little? Maybe start with squirrels and work your way up?
Hey look, aim for the stars is what my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather used to say before he ate all the mammoths.
I catch myself going on socialist rants at the slightest provocation these days so I’m thinking maybe Scully is wrong here
Scully eventually ended up being genuinely wrong most of the time. The show didn’t want to drop her “scientific straightman” role as Mulder’s foil, but damn the evidence became stacked for the paranormal
That’s one reason why I’m not a fan of the show, it was in a long list of a lot of 90’s media that portrayed skeptics as “naive” and “unwilling to accept evidence”, and believers as open minded and curious when in reality it’s the other way around.
I’m glad I grew up watching Scooby-Doo where the believers are just being duped by scammers and there’s always a rational, scientific explanation for everything (except in the movies).
I think neither view is accurate really, people who readily believe in the supernatural have been very much been the same kind of person for the last half century, which is that breed of person who doesn’t know a lot about science and history and related fields, but will immediately start tying together disparate pieces of evidence to support a pre-conclusion that the answer is supernatural, while more scientific minded people are usually like “It’s probably not aliens, but we need to learn more and study more to eliminate everything else first” and are generally very ready to consider the fantastic if they can learn anything about it… it’s just that reality is what actually rules it out, not some stuffy adherence to science as a dogma.
This is why I dislike X-files now despite loving it when I was younger, it fed deeply into the uneducated mind that they too can be a “Mulder,” casting aside process and “going against the grain” to find the reality that THE MAN doesn’t want you to know. It led to a whole ass generation of middle-americans believing in magic oil and horse dewormer, which was one of the many forces that opened the door for massive harm done to our society and collective understanding of objective reality.
what do you think about the craft beer industry consolidation currently going on?
Well I hadn’t been up on that one so thanks for giving me another thing to rage about
No prob bob.
IPA sucks anyway.
IPA was a marketing gimmick that everyone fell for and gobbled up hook line and sinker.
Who would be stupid enough to fall for that? Looks in fridge full of various IPAs because they’re fucking delicious.
We are both right. But kind of in the “flavored cigarettes” kind of way. I have no idea why someone would downvote you, I wasn’t exactly stating a rock solid hypothesis there.
IPAs used to be good.
Then everyone and their brother started a brewery and every beer became “oops all hops”
The same thing also happened to sour beers.
I hold that IPAs where never good.
The necessity of the sedentary growing of barley and hops for brewing beer is the only thing that is kind of holding me back from reverting to full on mammoth hunter.
I can’t help but feel that the general lack of mammouths may also put a bit of a crimp on that plan. Sorry to burst your bubble. Maybe you could diversify a little? Maybe start with squirrels and work your way up?
Hey look, aim for the stars is what my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather used to say before he ate all the mammoths.
Maybe mammoth hunter was a euphemism but I’m still calling you a kink shamer.
mammothing > gooning