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Chozo@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I had a teacher in 6th grade who told us that God placed the earth the perfect distance from the Sun; a few inches closer and we'd all burn, and a few inches further and we'd all freeze. I got detention for standing on top of my desk and asking why I wasn't on fire yet.

That kinda shattered my view of teachers being arbiters of knowledge.

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samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, “This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in, fits me rather neatly, doesn’t it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!”

Douglas Adams
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- stringere@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  “Oh no, not again”
  - bowl of petunias
  
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- Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Was that Douglas Adams? I remember Richard Dawkins using that as an example. I always thought it was a really good analogy.
  
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  - samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yes, it was Douglas Adams, first published in The Salmon of Doubt.
    
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HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The problem isn’t teachers, it’s that religion is a severe mental illness.

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bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
he’s out of line but he’s right

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- captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I wish teachers like that actually learned from these experiences
  
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