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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Stereotypical religious nutjobs in the 80s and 90s were all "The end is nigh!" Now that science supports them, they're all "Everything is A-OK!" (lemm.ee)
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[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can't quite remember, but there's always been this little vague memory in the back of my mind that I was taught to consider Carl Sagan as evil.

Oh seventies crazy religious upbringing. What nonsense won't you spew?

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Same. When I finally read The Demon Haunted World 20 years after it came out I was so angry at my Focus On the Family "Carl Sagan is a passive satanist" parents for telling me not to read it when it came out.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What's the TLDR?

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It's basically about using critical thinking, skepticism, and scientific methods to help make life decisions and not be taken in by false ideas. The full title is "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark"

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Before science and modern democracy the world was a terrible place, slowly the enlightenment spread and consumed the darkness, but we are on track to putting the flame out.