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[Ahmabeliever]

Unfortunately science itself is a much abused tool for maintaining the status quo.

I'm not sure how many PHD's are out there but there sure are enough of them willing to back up claims for money. Like the 'recent' discovery of the bug that causes halitosis (betya there's a reason for that bug and halitosis is a symptom).

So they find a 'cure' for halitosis, (antibacterial) which happens to be an active ingredient in a new toothpaste by Colgate. So you find out who run the study - Colgate.

Government and corporate sponsorship of science, though financing much of it, completely undermines the integrity of the discipline.

The public, unfortunately, have been taught to listen to almost anything deemed an authority. Govt, media, church, wives tales, anyone with a phd...

I could talk for hours at my dissatisfaction with the status quo in many parts of society and the world but this would only be more talk. How do you actually do something about educating people when they can't understand the concept.

There's plenty of idiocy from intellectuals too. You want to talk to people, learn their language.

For starters lose the verbosity ie: "egregious informal fallacies" so people can read what you are trying to say. If I didn't have a good vocabulary myself I'd take one look at that phrase and write you off as a know all.

Why talk down to the people who make your roads and dig your drains, without them you'll be doing it yourself.

The status quo is indeed maintaining the status quo. But even the ditch diggers can see the chinks in the armour, the writing on the wall, that all is not as it first appears. It's only a matter of time, people are feeling the screws tighten financially, this pressure alone will cause many ruptures.

Those who know better might well work on solutions for the problems we face, and lead by example that the status quo is not necessarily the way forward.

The human race needs to get back to being organic beings before we drown in our own greedy wastes. We eat rubbish and live in poison boxes and wear plastic. No wonder the status quo is so much manure. The most basic needs are met with synthetic corporate imitation and still we fail to question it.