• Toneswirly@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Wouldnt happen. Scientists are too in love with the possibility they are wrong. Little room for evangelism

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    7 months ago

    Yeah, uhh, come in, how’d you know I was a space nerd? Would you also like to scope out my house to rob it later? That’s fine too, as long as you tell me about this cool space fact.

  • ceenote@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    “Is life on Venus coming to kill us?”

    “Oh, no, these are microorganis-”

    Shuts door

  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Right, please tell me. Is this just a meme thing or do people actually knock on other people’s doors to try to convert them to their religion?

    And does this only happen, bizarrely, in the country with the highest number of gun-owning cowards?

    It just seems such an odd combination

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      7 months ago

      Ever heard of Jehovah’s witnesses? Or Mormons going on their mission? They aren’t constant here, but they are definitely a thing in the Netherlands.

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    7 months ago

    It’s a two-edged sword: yes, you’re probably doing great work, but on the other hand it might come off as annoying and give science a bad name.

    I wouldn’t mind some random knock on my door once a week or so by someone who wants to sit down and teach me some random scientific principle or spit out fast facts. One would have to watch out for false priests though. “did you know that vaccines are nanobots injected to support Bill Gates?” or something.

    Anti Commercial AI thingy

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

  • VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    YouTube already does this in a less invasive way. “Here’s this random video on theory crafting how we can put life on Mars that we just thought you might like.”

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    7 months ago

    I’d have so many questions. In a good way. They wouldn’t have time to visit anyone else that day.