"I seem to remember a process, where I ask you questions, and you give me answers . . . you ask me questions, and I give you answers . . . I think I read that in a manual somewhere!"
Meanwhile, all the Russian crew(this is 1980; so, they make a play on American/Russian perceptins of the day. I just mean to show the difference between science and non-science behaviors) are squirming in their seats, uncomfortable with talking science to an American on a Russian vessel. Evasive language(silence, and squirming).
More examples of fear, irrationality, and evasive language above. I'll include my favorite passage that led me onto this,
"People swarm everywhere, talking of incomprehensible matters, in hovels, streets and square, marketplaces, and crossroads. When I ask how many oboloi I have to pay, they answer with hairsplitting arguments about the born and the unborn. If I inquire the price of bread, I am told that the father is greater than the son. I call a servant to tell me whether my bath is ready; he rejoins that the son was created out of nothing."
I include in the replies of this post, all my previous posts about fear, evasive language, and this difference between science and non-science behaviors.
Sophie and Silas - http://wwwscientifichumanism.blogspot.com/2015/06/astro-picture-for-day-sophie-and-silas.html
ReplyDeleteirreligion! - http://wwwscientifichumanism.blogspot.com/2016/02/astro-pictures-for-day.html
Invasion of the body snatchers - http://wwwscientifichumanism.blogspot.com/2017/03/fearevasive-language-and-invasion-of.html
Planet of the Apes - http://wwwscientifichumanism.blogspot.com/2017/03/fearevasive-language-planet-of-apes.html
Forbidden Planet - http://wwwscientifichumanism.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-dark-side-of-force-and-forbidden.html
L.A. Confidential - http://wwwscientifichumanism.blogspot.com/2017/10/la-confidential-scene-beware-when.html
Zen Koans - http://wwwscientifichumanism.blogspot.com/2017/10/fear-of-knowledgeevasive-language-and.html
Homer's Odyssey! - http://wwwscientifichumanism.blogspot.com/2017/12/evasive-language-in-homers-odyssey.html
George Church finds interesting deniers sociology - http://wwwscientifichumanism.blogspot.com/2018/02/astro-picturequote-for-day-more-fear-of.html
Evasive language in Geopolitics! http://wwwscientifichumanism.blogspot.com/2018/04/evasive-language-in-geopolitics.html
inconsistent concepts/evasive language and Jacob Bronowski/Democracy needs Science and what destroy's Democracy - https://wwwscientifichumanism.blogspot.com/2018/05/inconsistent-conceptsevasive-language.html