In this post-truth age, there’s no such thing as “proven” any longer.
Proof that is 100% irrefutable in the past sense, is now routinely “denied” by those in authority, “doubled down upon” by their supporting politicians and media, and of course since “you cannot prove a negative” - we’re all expected to go “oh well, never mind” - and go quietly into the night.
Eg. Evidence that not only was the 2020 election America totally rigged, bringing down the entire western democracy voting system in it’s wake - but any proof to the contrary “doesn’t count” because the Supreme Court denied the chance for any evidence to be presented in open court.
It is all about “Belief” now.
If you “Believe” then you are a “Conspiracy theorist”, and if you don’t believe - you are mainstream, low-information, blissful in ignorance.
Likewise, with “Deference” now dead and buried in Society, the average “Non Believer” would argue "You cannot prove to me that Carbon has a valency of 2 or 4, because I don’t understand (nor want ever to understand) Physical Science!"
How can anyone ever teach the ignorant anything at all?
Even if you TELL people stuff - they won’t believe it, unless the person doing the talking has some kind of influence over them…
If your employer told you “Turn up to work without wearing a tie - and you’ll be sacked!” - You’d better believe it, because you cannot afford to lose that job - right?
Thus, the greatest “Influencers” out there - are EMPLOYERS in this day and age.
We can all deny government people, go off-piste when it comes to “Legal Get-arounds”, and openly defy new legislation we can get away with objecting to via the normal so-called “Peaceful Demonstration” process.
Trying to do that in the workplace however - is like arguing against China’s Human Rights Record - by protesting in Tianamen Square!!
What faction do “Let’s go with the flow” belong to, now that Liberals have been split down the middle, some going Left and becoming the Woke, and some going Right and becoming “Religious Maniacs”… You surely won’t find many woke people refering to themselves as that, even if that is exactly what they are. Same goes for the “Religious” then: THEY don’t see themselves as “Nutters ■■■■■■■ in knots”.
It is also worth mentioning that it only seems to be the Evangelist types that feel compelled to “Make disciples of all nations”… It IS possible to be a Christian without feeling the calling to become some kind of Preacher on top, but if the only side of Christianity the outsider sees is the “Evangelist” - then you understandably won’t realize that…
Ok,.so you don’t BELIEVE in irrefutable fact that has been proven by experts, but you BELIEVE in a whole mass of other stuff that equates to fairy stories.
(Ref Phil Collins ‘Talking to Jesus’)
