We must always be policing ourselves for intellectual honesty. This is most difficult when it is something that we, for lack of a better word, "want" to be true. This is why the satanic panic happened in the 70's through 90's. It cost christianity a vast amount of cultural capital, wasted a lot of time, etc. We're still dealing with the after effects.

You fucked up

we live in an society

but the muh satanic panitc was a reaction to a real cults running around.... and yes in a prefect world truth, facts and science would be the base of reason and rationality but we live in clown world and a total sum game

if we have to fug the facts to win so be it

Gamers rise UP

WEED GANG GANG WEED

Yes, who cares about honesty. A lie for a greater truth! Without our lying to people, how on earth will they see that we are the good guys?

lol

BOWDEN!

What about my last name is significant? My grandfather was a vital scientist in the Australian war effort in WW2, but most people don't know who he is.

was his name jonathan?

No, Phillip. Jonathan is my father, an artist.

thats pretty bowden pilled my dude

very impressive

lol

lol

had too i love the aussie but gotta shitpost them too

What Jonathan Bowden are you talking about? My father is a Tasmanian landscape painter, his medium is tempura pastel not political books.

Is there some other Jonathan Bowden who wrote political books?

I cant tell how much you are meming

you best be fully on board with the bowden pill boyo

My father is still alive, a different Jonathan Bowden.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Bowden

NOT this Jonathan Bowden.

this is not your dad?

shame

lol

Im stepping over it

I'm much more proud to have a grandfather who founded the Australian Surface Physics Laboratory, pioneered the use of Teflon as a bearing material, contributed greatly to our understanding of detonations, and was involved in the development of Chobham Armour, than I ever could be of a political writer.

All I know about this other man is some of his political allegiances, none of what he actually said.

I WALK TOWARDS THE TUNNEL
I'M ON MY OWN
I'M NOT AFRAID
AND I HAVE NO REGRETS

So, was he a fiction writer too?

I think he did write some fiction

but he has tens of lectures about numerous topics uploaded to youtube

some of which are directly political, others which are about icons in literature

https://www.jbowden.net/

they are pretty nice