" One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth... " ~ Carl Sagan

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" One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It's simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we've been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back. "

          ~ Carl Sagan

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan#The_Demon-Haunted_World_:_Science_as_a_Candle_in_the_Dark_(1995)

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[–]SMCAB 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Says the guy who thinks we went to the moon and peddles how you're an insignificant grain of sand on a spinning ball formed by magic. Quote resonates though.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Discovered via:
Sam Harris CAN’T ADMIT He Was Dead Wrong About COVID (18:52) ~ The Jimmy Dore Show

[–]jagworms 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Jimmy's having a great year.

[–]JohnRaymond 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9tio92eXhp4

The original post applies to nearly entire world. My post is just so ho hum, nothing to see here. I am just freaken so appalled and stunned.

(btw, I love Catholic Church, papacy. This shows neither. If these are questioned, then their globalist masters are next to be examined... And taken down. For a One World Government, You need a One World Religion.

My only reason for being on saidit

[–]iDontShift 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

says the man that didn't notice the world is flat, space is a lie

[–]jamesK_3rd 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The Harris interview, was the Pinnacle of religious fervor and peak atheism as a religion.

As he goes on and on essentially displaying a blind faith and reference to the vaccine and the state.

It's so strange that the interview never asked, if the vaccine works, then what does it matter who is unvaccinated.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Atheism is the absence of religion.
You can't drive an anti-car.

Limited hangout Sam Harris is a fucking retard and an embarrassment to proper skepticism.

[–]otis123 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The quote speaks to the resilience of misinformation and the difficulty of breaking free from its grasp once it takes hold. pizza tower password game

[–]gemmalyly 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I really appreciated how the author presented both sides of the argument in a fair and balanced way connections. It helped me better understand the issue.

[–]MelRogers 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Carl Sagan's quote poignantly captures a profound psychological and social phenomenon where prolonged deception can lead to a state of denial, making it difficult for individuals to accept the truth even when presented with clear evidence. online games