This is politics, not science. With science (at its best), “The Truth” is never just “as I see it”: It’s “the collective best guess at the truth as we see it” (with plenty of room for people who have a different view of the truth to try to convince you that they’ve got part of the truth). And, with science, if you get caught fudging the facts, you lose your membership in the club.
GOP KNOW he’s guilty…..they just want their fair share…bribe money from lobbyists, a continued smeared career, deceiving, lying to constituents that voted them in…..protecting a treasonist pig! They’re so desperate now, it’s too hysterical to watch! They have turned into mad dogs and will say anything to convince the public….LMAO! Actually they’re all so pathetic and an embarrassment to America and the forefathers…..they all need to crawl back under the earth….
The scientific method tries to disprove an idea from different ways. If it can’t be disproved and shows a lot of evidence that it is indeed correct it doesn’t even stop there. It’s continually reviewed. That train of thought got derailed when senators learned that the one who shouts loudest and over the voices of the most must be speaking “the truth.” Except jt isn’t truth just be cause someone says so, even in twit tweets or because it’s biggly and the best, always the best from the lips of the chosen one. “And that, boys & girls, is how we let the inmates run the asylum.”
and the fate of America, and the world as well, dependent upon this conundrum. Tis how we got Trump. The world’s mightiest power brought down by sniveling ignorance.
I had dinner with an old friend and, since 2016, Trump voter. He gleefully told me that Trump will be reelected because “we (Trump supporters) know he constantly lies but Trump is good for our interests”. However, my friend’s retirement nest egg is completely invested in bank CDs and Trump has caused my friend’s interest income to fall by 30% in the last year alone. So the evidence is Trump is bad for my friend’s interests – but he refuses to see it.
Alternate Facts are very real even though almost all of them don’t pass the smell test. They have lead to uncounted Alternate Realities all based on false facts. The result is nobody really knows anything for sure anymore, but everyone is willing to fight to the death to defend their version of Reality.
So, is the guy in the hat a survivor of The Bowling Green Massacre? Or maybe he got out of Alabama before Hurricane Dorian hit it? Or maybe he didn’t have his I.D. so he couldn’t buy a box of cereal? Or is he hiding from the Windmill noise so he doesn’t get cancer??
I hope the lesson of 2016 is learned. There is no point in voting for Biden. He is Republican light. Vote for a real progressive. Yes, that means that we have a FAR left wing party and a FAR right wing party. That’s the idea. To put a moderate Democrat up against the Republicans is like agreeing to play the entire game inside the other team’s 50 yard line.
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’” -Isaac Asimov
On the left we have the bookshelf with the facts, and on the right we have “Gee I wish my opinion could be substituted for fact, so I’ll just pretend that it can.”
Not a coincidence that they are positioned thusly.
Seems worth repeating: Democrats see elitists as wealthy people who use their wealth to have separate laws from the rest of us. Republicans see smart and educated people as elitists. Again, thank you for thinking I"m smart.
Concretionist about 5 years ago
This is politics, not science. With science (at its best), “The Truth” is never just “as I see it”: It’s “the collective best guess at the truth as we see it” (with plenty of room for people who have a different view of the truth to try to convince you that they’ve got part of the truth). And, with science, if you get caught fudging the facts, you lose your membership in the club.
eastern.woods.metal about 5 years ago
looks like someone is twiting
gopher gofer about 5 years ago
nothing can withstand the sheer brute force of uninformed certitude…
in.amongst about 5 years ago
Obviously they are on a bridge to nowhere!
Watcher about 5 years ago
Facebook and Facebook dueling it out, who will win?
Ontman about 5 years ago
And that is the 2020 election in a nutshell.
pony21 Premium Member about 5 years ago
The wise know their limits; the ignorant are not so encumbered.
Zebrastripes about 5 years ago
GOP KNOW he’s guilty…..they just want their fair share…bribe money from lobbyists, a continued smeared career, deceiving, lying to constituents that voted them in…..protecting a treasonist pig! They’re so desperate now, it’s too hysterical to watch! They have turned into mad dogs and will say anything to convince the public….LMAO! Actually they’re all so pathetic and an embarrassment to America and the forefathers…..they all need to crawl back under the earth….
Masterskrain about 5 years ago
And, GUESS WHAT COLOR his hat is…
Display about 5 years ago
The scientific method tries to disprove an idea from different ways. If it can’t be disproved and shows a lot of evidence that it is indeed correct it doesn’t even stop there. It’s continually reviewed. That train of thought got derailed when senators learned that the one who shouts loudest and over the voices of the most must be speaking “the truth.” Except jt isn’t truth just be cause someone says so, even in twit tweets or because it’s biggly and the best, always the best from the lips of the chosen one. “And that, boys & girls, is how we let the inmates run the asylum.”
franki_g about 5 years ago
In an era where more data is available than any time in history, facts seem to be the most elusive.
walstib Premium Member about 5 years ago
I hope they don’t wrestle on a trestle!
LEOKEV about 5 years ago
Now I’m going to be hearing Michael McDonald singing “What a Fool Believes” all day in my head.
jessie d. about 5 years ago
and the fate of America, and the world as well, dependent upon this conundrum. Tis how we got Trump. The world’s mightiest power brought down by sniveling ignorance.
dot-the-I about 5 years ago
No matter how much or many, facts as they are can never exceed that bridge’s weight limit. On the other hand …..
Qiset about 5 years ago
I face that problem a lot when I argue with my liberal friends. They just don’t seem to like facts.
J Quest about 5 years ago
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”
Bertrand Russell
For a Just and Peaceful World about 5 years ago
The Republican senators are like Hitler’s minions in the movie Downfall (Der Untergang), willing to follow President Crazy to the gates of Hell.
Aubrey Dacus about 5 years ago
FACTS !!! Democrats don’t need no stinking FACTS………..
dflak about 5 years ago
Remember people, when the facts contradict your theory, call the facts “fake news.”
aedra6 about 5 years ago
Welcome to the United States. It’s always been so, it’s just gotten more prevalent over the last few years.
Brain Pudding about 5 years ago
Biden: “We want Truth, not facts!”
Here is some truth, reality doesnt cease to exist merely because you choose to ignore it.
Cpeckbourlioux about 5 years ago
The state of the ‘union’, perfectly pictured. Kudos, Wiley!
1953Baby about 5 years ago
BRAVO!
thelordthygod666 about 5 years ago
I had dinner with an old friend and, since 2016, Trump voter. He gleefully told me that Trump will be reelected because “we (Trump supporters) know he constantly lies but Trump is good for our interests”. However, my friend’s retirement nest egg is completely invested in bank CDs and Trump has caused my friend’s interest income to fall by 30% in the last year alone. So the evidence is Trump is bad for my friend’s interests – but he refuses to see it.
cabalonrye about 5 years ago
That one is absolutely perfect.
Radish... about 5 years ago
Stupid people are a roadblock to progress.
COL Crash about 5 years ago
Alternate Facts are very real even though almost all of them don’t pass the smell test. They have lead to uncounted Alternate Realities all based on false facts. The result is nobody really knows anything for sure anymore, but everyone is willing to fight to the death to defend their version of Reality.
Mary Sullivan Premium Member about 5 years ago
Wiley, you are so clever.
Masterskrain about 5 years ago
So, is the guy in the hat a survivor of The Bowling Green Massacre? Or maybe he got out of Alabama before Hurricane Dorian hit it? Or maybe he didn’t have his I.D. so he couldn’t buy a box of cereal? Or is he hiding from the Windmill noise so he doesn’t get cancer??
Hoppman Premium Member about 5 years ago
Magats can’t handle the truth.
DCBakerEsq about 5 years ago
There is no such thing as Truth. Or, facts.
zenguyuno about 5 years ago
Looks like the object wins.
Masterskrain about 5 years ago
https://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/statements/byruling/pants-fire/
Holden Awn about 5 years ago
Actually, both guys are pushing blocks titled “The Truth As I See It”.
sparkle 13 Premium Member about 5 years ago
80% of people believe WHAT THEY WANT TO, the facts be dammed !!! lol
Diane Lee Premium Member about 5 years ago
I hope the lesson of 2016 is learned. There is no point in voting for Biden. He is Republican light. Vote for a real progressive. Yes, that means that we have a FAR left wing party and a FAR right wing party. That’s the idea. To put a moderate Democrat up against the Republicans is like agreeing to play the entire game inside the other team’s 50 yard line.
rodjen1 about 5 years ago
Life with Trump.
Pisces about 5 years ago
Too funny, Wiley………..it kinda speaks of our present government!!
Snoots about 5 years ago
“There is only one truth… and countless interpretations.” — dwagon wisdom
meowlin about 5 years ago
The “irresistible force” always wins eventually. If the “object” refuses to move, it will be destroyed instead.
Unfortunately, considerable collateral damage usually ensues from such intransigence.
Call me Ishmael about 5 years ago
The truth is that the truth is NOT irresistible. If it were, Hillary would be President. Hell, Al GORE would have been President !
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 5 years ago
Let the Brain Trust sum it up for you.
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’” -Isaac Asimov
cmxx about 5 years ago
The current immovable object is 100% able to resist that “irresistible” force. No sweat.
kbarber46 about 5 years ago
The truth does not stand a chance against the lies that people want to believe.
MichaelMcGinnis1 about 5 years ago
So, the guy’s watching Fox News on his phone?
paullp Premium Member about 5 years ago
Fascinating. And here I thought those two things couldn’t exist in the same universe.
keenanthelibrarian about 5 years ago
What would they know? They’re only experts, and anyway all they have are theories.
dave_fontaine about 5 years ago
Anyone else here having a feeling of deja vu lately?
https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/1997/05/16/
Daeder about 5 years ago
On the left we have the bookshelf with the facts, and on the right we have “Gee I wish my opinion could be substituted for fact, so I’ll just pretend that it can.”
Not a coincidence that they are positioned thusly.
oakie817 about 5 years ago
amen
TerBer about 5 years ago
Let’s face it. If being an Ass was grounds for dismissal D.C. would be a ghost town.
Thehag about 5 years ago
Ha! Ain’t it the truth.
Slowly, he turned... about 5 years ago
Ignorance got me this job and I am going to keep it!…, no, wait…
GiantShetlandPony about 5 years ago
Seems worth repeating: Democrats see elitists as wealthy people who use their wealth to have separate laws from the rest of us. Republicans see smart and educated people as elitists. Again, thank you for thinking I"m smart.
Bicycle Dude about 5 years ago
I remember when Trump was campaigning and said something to the effect “I like people who aren’t that smart (code for stupid), they’re real.”