Carl Sagan on being bamboozled

[ACE 9,607]

Relevant to some here 

 

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.

 

[snoughnut 4,783]

3 hours ago, ACE said:

Relevant to some here 

 

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.

 

That sums up every voter that voted for Biden/Harris. 

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24 minutes ago, snoughnut said:

That sums up every voter that voted for Biden/Harris. 

Or is in their 7th booster.

[Steve753 6,223]

15 minutes ago, DriftBusta said:

Or is in their 7th booster.

That's not even available yet is it?

[ActionfigureJoe 3,468]

Trumpers are a perfect example. 

[Carlos Danger 3,965]

2 hours ago, ActionfigureJoe said:

Trumpers are a perfect example. 

I would add those inflicted with TDS.

[ACE 9,607]

Some still believe the collusion hoax 

[ActionfigureJoe 3,468]

Some still believe trump made the economy better by borrowing heavier on future generations than any previous administration. 

[NaturallyAspirated 2,060]

Sagan on the biggest bamboozling of humankind:

 

Neal