I remember a republican coworker arguing that Interstellar’s concept of time dilation was super unrealistic and that can’t possibly be how things are. All this to say, I’m sure Einstein is about to be cancelled and relativity denied as hard as climate change.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I look forward to the collapse of civilization when all of the satellites stop communicating with our computers because our satellites are sending messages from the future.

Also, ruining GPS for everyone would be a really effective scapegoat for Tesla's full self-driving failures.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

All but those Starlink satellites….

[–] Squash@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago

A customer told me they don't believe in space last night 😞

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 65 points 2 months ago

He wasn't a SeRiOuS intellectual though.

Need a sever lack if humor for that sweet sweet capitalistic greed.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 49 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also, Einstein was offered a position as leader of the State of Israel. He basically said "fuck off and fuck Zionism."

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[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

socialism might be nice but just getting rid of billionaires is a great start.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Can't do that without taking supremacy of Capital. There is no path to keep billionaires from existing within Capitalism.

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[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago (6 children)

isn't that part of it

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[–] passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Most intellectuals are socialist

[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Youd be hard pushed to find many who weren't

[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't think they say "No intellectual would be a socialist", instead they say intellectuals are bad and evil. It's a classic pattern among dictator cults of personality.

[–] rocket_dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dictators love the poorly educated.

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[–] Dop@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can recommend this piece from Hobo Johnson ("why socialism by Albert Einstein")

https://open.spotify.com/track/4LJ04AiwnuXqzufGnejnkx

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[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And the name of that Albert Einstein...?

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