Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone,ca.driving Subject: Re: It's a myth that cellphone use caused the accident rate to rise in the USA Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2024 14:29:20 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 16:29:20 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="773e046339c00190cf320d3cd0f48084"; logging-data="3568436"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+mb58Gvf1w+Bg1k9xJPjfLW+OePdmHkT8=" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:xjt8mnPhtw9AXI/YKWyYoROtDuU= sha1:68p1ArPic4S/qDV6QulH9Fe7qvg= Bytes: 3376 Andrew wrote: > bad💽sector wrote on Thu, 30 May 2024 21:42:00 -0400 : > >>> The main message I wanted to communicate is that people believe in myths >>> that have no basis in fact when you bother to doublecheck the facts. >> >> There's a dividing line you seem to be confused about, the one between >> science and belief, the two equally are important realms that are by >> definition mutually exclusive of one another. The latter tries to >> process issues that the former is incapable of resolving. To think that >> all that is is what we 'know' in the folly of many. I once read a >> perfect example of this when an astronomer (of all people!) said "we >> cannot find dark matter so it does not exist". > > You touch on a point that I've always tried to figure out Yet you don't respond to posts which directly answer the question at hand. > why people come > up with religious beliefs about anything (e.g., Apple phones), where that > belief system is always two things, it seems, You're more interesting in name calling or reducing topics you don't understand into meaningless categories. > which is the crime here. There's no crime. > > 1. The belief is fed to the people (by someone with something to gain) > 2. The belief is wrong > > Take the iPhone, for example: > a. Apple feeds iPhone owners all sorts of false messaging, right? > b. And Apple benefits greatly by feeding Apple owners these myths > > Same here with cellphones. > a. The government benefits with the increased revenue from ticketing > b. And the government feeds people that it's "doing something" for safety. > > And yet, as with Apple, the only benefit is to their bottom line. > Even as most people never question those two myths, right? > > Back to your point, religion was the first "science" that explained > everything, Religion was never and never will be a "science". They are diametrically opposite in application. [snip gibberish]