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- news@lemmy.world
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- news@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/28977252
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has warned the National Weather Service of possible attacks from an armed conspiracy group targeting Doppler radar stations, according to a report from CNN. The group, Veterans on Patrol, is going after government radars because it believes they’re being used as “weather weapons.”
CNN learned of the possible attacks through NOAA emails warning NWS staff that Veterans on Patrol was planning to conduct “penetration drills on NEXRAD sites to identify weaknesses,” with the ultimate goal of destroying NEXRAD. Despite its cooler-than-average name, the NWS uses NEXRAD or “Next Generation Weather Radar” for a fairly mundane purpose: detecting precipitation in the atmosphere. NEXRAD plays a vital role in locating thunderstorms and tornados, making it easier to evacuate vulnerable communities before disaster strikes.
Archive link: https://archive.is/GVsgP
My brother is one of these idiots, I dunno how they got him. He’s not part of the militia group but dipshit thinks a local radio tower that just went up is part of the weather control system…
Have you considered sharing more of your crayons? You can fix him
The crayons are mine. They sustain me.
USMC?
Nah.
Missed opportunity
Aaaand that’s how we got here, then
Conspiracy theorists tend to fall in one of two categories, specially if it seems like a sudden change:
They’re lonely and the people in the group are very welcoming to them.
They feel they need to prove how smart they are, and think they’re smarter than everyone who dismisses their theory.
I’m sorry for you
@CrayonDevourer It’s a combination of “I don’t understand this fully and immediately myself” (without appreciating one’s own vast ignorance about MOST things), with happening to catch something spoken or written that’s wrong, but SOUNDS sensible (also due to that same ignorance), and thinking, “That sounds reasonable, and it harmonizes with my feelings, so it’s probably right.”
It’s a child’s grasp of reality. But also typical of far too many legal adults.
I can’t imagine how scary it must be to not understand how most things work honestly.
I guess George Carlin said it best….
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
@billwashere I realized sometime back that actual intelligence isn’t very relevant to good reasoning. It comes down to good thinking HABITS, which nearly anyone can develop with enough effort and practice. But it doesn’t come naturally for most people, and instead must be taught and learned. And the later in life you learn those skills, the more you have to UNlearn to do it.
But critical thinking and intelligence have to be 2 fruits on the same tree, right? I can’t think of a single person I’ve ever met that had one and not the other. I can understand that critical thinking skills can be taught, but I’d argue that that skill creates more intelligence or at the very least awareness.
And I can testify that bad habits are very hard to unlearn.
@billwashere More specifically, I come from a realm of scientists and academics, and I’ve by now seen MANY highly intelligent, very well-educated people who have demonstrated astonishing stupidity.
At the same time, I’ve also personally known people with clinically diagnosed neurological deficiency who can nevertheless reason very well, even very wisely.
What you’re staying is true in broad statistics, but it’s not a rule.
@billwashere I used to believe that, but no longer do. I’ve seen too much evidence against it.
I’m now certain that any self-capable person can develop and have good thinking habits. They might need help in with information or education, and some guidance in basic logic. But I’m certain by now that rational thought is not dependent on superior or even average native (neurological) intelligence.
They’re uncommon, but folks like the Sllingblade guy really do exist. I’ve known them.