Some Fear Ebola Outbreak Could Make Nation Turn to Science

[kpete]

Some Fear Ebola Outbreak Could Make Nation Turn to Science
BY ANDY BOROWITZ

There is a deep-seated fear among some Americans that an Ebola outbreak could make the country turn to science. In interviews conducted across the nation, leading anti-science activists expressed their concern that the American people, wracked with anxiety over the possible spread of the virus, might desperately look to science to save the day. “It’s a very human reaction,” said Harland Dorrinson, a prominent anti-science activist from Springfield, Missouri. “If you put them under enough stress, perfectly rational people will panic and start believing in science.” Additionally, he worries about a “slippery slope” situation, “in which a belief in science leads to a belief in math, which in turn fosters a dangerous dependence on facts.” At the end of the day, though, Dorrinson hopes that such a doomsday scenario will not come to pass. “Time and time again through history, Americans have been exposed to science and refused to accept it,” he said. “I pray that this time will be no different.”

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http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/fear-ebola-outbreak-make-nation-turn-science)

[Stallion]

1. I laughed

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[Wait Wut]

2. Not from what I've read.

This is a punishment from Gawd. It's going to cleanse the planet of bad people. Y'know, like the ones that are in love and want to get married, or those that want to help people less fortunate. Those bad people.

I'm terribly cynical, this week. Humans are annoying me.