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[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Eugh.

I mean, it’s not wrong, but this has the energy of a Facebook meme for people who make atheism their entire personality.

If I saw someone with this mug I would probably avoid them.

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yeah stuff like this is cringe.

Science isn't a culture or a belief system, nor is it a substitute for those things. Science isn't an aesthetic or a political or group ideology.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 4 days ago

A lot of religions don't even make scientific claims.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Science isn’t a culture or a belief system

The mug doesn't claim anything you wrote, either (or give a fuck 😄).

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

YOU don't give a fuck what people believe. You. Science has nothing to do with it. Science isn't a person, it doesn't have the capacity for indifference. Science is a method, a process, a set of tools. Science isn't a gotcha to your political or ideological opponents. If you want to say that you don't care what people believe, fine (that's still cringe) but leave science out of it.

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Bruh my grandma gave me this mug like 10 years ago. The same one that believes high schools were installing litter boxes for students.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

That's the power of intentional misinformation

[–] blueworld@piefed.world 3 points 3 days ago

The comments about this cup are funny in how pedantic they, given the point of the cup to me is the spirit of it. It is not surprising to see the science positive crowd be so analytic about it though, and actually slightly reassuring.

[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It does care where you're looking though

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What about political science? Psychology?

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -2 points 4 days ago