Scientific literacy and scientism

Fuck that. It sounds like religion. We're supposed to be better than that. What the fuck am I studying science for if we're not better than that? It'd probably easier to get a job as a priest and my family would still love me.

I don't think you really can, to be honest. Humans are very good at specializing, and 99% of people have chosen specializations that don't require knowing how evolution works or how we know atoms exist or whatever. If it doesn't matter to their daily life, they don't care and never will.

>whether atoms exist continually changes as we discover new evidence
Except it doesnt and hasnt in the entire modern period.

Most of europe was a literal pile of rubble and ashes from the extended bombing campaigns of ww2, incendiary bombings can be ridiculously effective if the whether conditions are favourable for it, principally wind speed and direction. Additionally available fuel sources and their ease of combustion plays a huge role evidenced by the Tokyo fire bombing.

Explain

When can I call myself a scientist?

Holy shit I didn't realise how bad the Tokyo bombings were.
Only 50 buildings were left standing in a 1.6 km radius of the Hiroshima bomb which probably amounts to more concentrated destruction than any one area you'd see in a Tokyo or Dresden but holy fuck, the total area destroyed in that raid was fucking insane.

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There's a difference between blind trust and earned trust.

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