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<blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 5136081" data-attributes="member: 41321">He probably doesn't know what he's angry at.&nbsp; It's not a logical thing.&nbsp; It's like how people on this board might get angry about a particular edition of D&amp;D.&nbsp; They're not angry at the game, they're angry about it.He's probably angry because he considers himself a religious person and he's been taught that science is the enemy of religion.&nbsp; When somebody tries to explain to him what science is and why it's good he gets angry at that person because he feels like his religion is being attacked.&nbsp; This is all my guess, of course.Most of the time, in my experience, these things come down to a lack of understanding on one side or the other.&nbsp; You gain a bias early on in life from school or your parents and if that bias isn't challenged when you grow up then you usually end up with a very strong set of beliefs and you get offended when somebody tries to show you that those beliefs are wrong.&nbsp; (By &quot;beliefs&quot; here, I'm not talking about religious beliefs, but the belief that science is bad or religion is bad.)&nbsp; People like this tend to latch onto and repeat arguments they've heard, and when somebody tries to counter those arguments they may get upset if the person has a good answer they can't respond to.We're all guilty of this in one form or another, I think.&nbsp; It may not be about religion or science, it may be about a political party or a football team or even a particular person.&nbsp; Anything you love and find a kinship with can cause you to become blinded to an opposing argument.It's human nature to not want to admit when you're wrong, so it's tempting to just stop listening to the other viewpoint and get offended instead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merkuri, post: 5136081, member: 41321"] He probably doesn't know what he's angry at. It's not a logical thing. It's like how people on this board might get angry about a particular edition of D&D. They're not angry [i]at[/i] the game, they're angry about it. He's probably angry because he considers himself a religious person and he's been taught that science is the enemy of religion. When somebody tries to explain to him what science is and why it's good he gets angry at that person because he feels like his religion is being attacked. This is all my guess, of course. Most of the time, in my experience, these things come down to a lack of understanding on one side or the other. You gain a bias early on in life from school or your parents and if that bias isn't challenged when you grow up then you usually end up with a very strong set of beliefs and you get offended when somebody tries to show you that those beliefs are wrong. (By "beliefs" here, I'm not talking about religious beliefs, but the belief that science is bad or religion is bad.) People like this tend to latch onto and repeat arguments they've heard, and when somebody tries to counter those arguments they may get upset if the person has a good answer they can't respond to. We're all guilty of this in one form or another, I think. It may not be about religion or science, it may be about a political party or a football team or even a particular person. Anything you love and find a kinship with can cause you to become blinded to an opposing argument. It's human nature to not want to admit when you're wrong, so it's tempting to just stop listening to the other viewpoint and get offended instead. [/QUOTE]

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