Great post @dwinblood! I get very annoyed at people who buy into the cult of scientism, and especially the big evangelicals of it: Bill Nye, Neil Tyson, etc. Government shills, proving that it doesn't matter if the "authority" comes from a gun & badge, a private army, or simply some letters after your name, people who are trained to bow down will keep bowing down.
ideaI just gifted you a @randowhale vote as part of an I'm calling #payitforward. As you can see from this image, my 2 $BD payment to @randowhale just turned into an increase of around $17 on your expected payout (meaning 8.5 $BD & some number of SteemPower). If you were to spend just 4 of that extra $BD to #payitforward to two other posts, you would still be ahead and could give them the same kind of boost, or maybe even more :-)
announcementThanks for being part of Steemit, and maybe share some whale-vote love with other folks you enjoy reading, friends who join the site, or great posts you see. Check out @randowhale's introduction (linked in the comment above) and my of #payitforward to learn more.
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