Enlightened people, those who still read the newspaper every day, are dismayed by the intentional production of ignorance by former coaches like Pablo Marçal and Javier Milei. Some of them, however, refuse to see that science and reason are also under the gun of the left, like that of Nicolas Maduro.
It’s true that science and reason have served as a vehicle for many bad things, from eugenics to global warming. But it is not a case of throwing them away, giving up the good things they bring, such as the leap in productivity with artificial intelligence (which needs to be regulated, not feared).
The prophets of ignorance called coaches disguise the craziest ideas as scientific knowledge. A Lombrosian who describes himself as a former coach justifies the subordinate position of women by saying that they have smaller skulls than men, which would disqualify them from leadership.
It’s fashionable to mix success with quantum physics, DNA, vibrations. People buy, desperate with the miserable life they lead, because they see no rational alternative to getting their feet out of the mud. Others fall into prosperity theology.
Milei has the right to sell services as a tantric sex coach, as she once did, and idiots have the right to buy them. It’s worrying to see the coach elected president of Argentina, despite talking to a dead dog and promising to privatize research, abolishing the National Council for Scientific and Technical Investigations.
Which he didn’t do, by the way. Conicet continues to exist, but with a frozen budget, eroded by inflation of 237% in the 12 months up to August, resulting in a cut in research grants from 1,300 to 600. Milei does not waste money, he only devalues the future. Read more (10/06/2024 – 08:30)
Source: Folha
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