[–] Shitelord772 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Bear with me a moment; this is relevant I promise.
When I took sociology in college, my professor was an avowed communist, spouting all kinds of opinions I disagreed with. However, when it came time to turn in papers or take tests, I just regurgitated his beliefs back to him in order to pass. Easy A for a stupid required humanities class.
I think something similar happens in nutrition classes. Back when there was only one fat person in a class, that one would argue fatlogic with the professor. "But I only eat xxx calories and exercise every day..." They would get shut down by the professor.
Eventually they would just shut up and answer the test questions, while still holding their fatlogic beliefs, and pass the class. Many of these types have then gone on to get degrees in nutrition and other health fields, and now have actual credentials.
Now that many of them do have credentials, they get to perpetuate their fatlogic from atop a fortress of authority, which is very dangerous for our society as a whole, because many uninformed people will be suckered into believing as they do.
[–] BoracicBaronetYr ago
Optimistic Devil's Advocate: The next generation won't buy what these cows are selling any more than you agreed with Prof. Marx. They're just regurgitating the beliefs back until they don't have to bite their tongue anymore.
Yeah, yeah... I've heard about that bridge for sale.
[–] XenoClimber 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I do this quite a lot. Never knew what it was called, or that there was a name for that. Cheers.
[–] Unsung_Heroes_again 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
I thought breakfast was grab as much coffee as you can 😆
[–] Lostmyabilitytoeven 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago (edited ago)
I would have loved to join in on that, I would have kept pressing her until she admitted to not believing in physics. I'm so glad Navy Medicine never forced us to put up with that shit.
[–] slugsrgr8t 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Funny thing: military is not kind to stupid but so many higher ups are the definition of retardation.
[–] burn_montag 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Army officer here, can confirm. I often facepalm myself into unconsciousness due to my peers
[–] Harry_Areola 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
May the beetus have mercy on your soles