Words of Wisdom on a Wednesday 33

“I complained I had no shoes, ‘til I met a beggar who had no feet”

“A person whose heart carries poison yet wears a mask of kindness is more dangerous than one who walks with a sword”

“The tree does not offer it’s shade only to those who will thank it”

“Success is not JUST about climbing the ladder, but often is also ensuring that the ladder is leaning against the correct wall”

“Listen not only to a person’s words, but to their silences also”

“A sword yields no strength unless the hand that holds it has courage.”

“Some will love you not for what you give but for who you are”

“A toxic person will make you feel guilty for reacting to their disrespect”

“Remember: things are “impossible”….until they are not”

It just can’t be!

I mean, we’ve been told that every year the climate is heating up, hotter and hotter….Seas were gonna inundate the coastal cities because the glaciers were melting and the Poles were gonna be ice free in just another (and another) few years…

 

But now we find out that the poles are GAINING ice, and glaciers are GAINING ice mass. ...Bigly.

One might think that the climate doomsayers are lying or incompetent…ya know?

It is as I expected….

The “Chemtrail” folks, when pushed, couldn’t come up with anything substantive….

 

In fact, when the hard questions were asked, they faded away like Homer Simpson into the bushes.

I expect that if I asked the same from the “Vaccines are all bad” crowd, they’d do the same.

Not every conspiracy theory is wrong, but most are…..Most have their basis in fear and ignorance…Most of the followers of a particular conspiracy theory just can’t use logic, refuse to think critically and don’t bother to think clearly or use science..Their sources are anecdotal, and the “studies” they quote are poorly done with few rules or standards  And it shows…It’s more like a religion.

And the worst part is the reinforce each other like women gossiping. What appear to be intelligent people go off-the-rails when it come to things like “chemtrails” and the “Vaccine Conspiracy”… They just repeat what others have said….

They never have anything substantive, nor can they provide those critical things like details…All they have is innuendo and anecdotes from someone that they don’t know who they heard about 5th-hand or saw in X or Facebook, but whose credentials they have no idea about….and when pressed they act like 7th grade girls in an argument, twisting and squirming and deflecting, but never answering. They BELIEVE because they need something to fear and to talk about.

Sad, really.

It is fun to mess with them though.