# Rejection of science and/or factual information in favor of feelings **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 6, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejection-of-science-and-or-factual-information-in-favor-of-feelings/1015208 "2025-03-06T14:46:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 64
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejection-of-science-and-or-factual-information-in-favor-of-feelings/1015208/64 "2025-03-07T23:13:32Z")
Great minds … > [@Is Facebook a Doomsday Machine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-facebook-a-doomsday-machine/928090/15): > > “A pipe gives a wise man time to think, and a fool something to stick in his mouth.” Seems to fit here wink On the supply vs. demand side … I think of it as analogous to the mass shooters: it’s the person who pulls the trigger and the firearm that gave them so much incremental lethality. Facebook, and the other dominant social media platforms, gave just about everybody on the planet nearly equal reach – an almost unlimited potential audience. This is a far cry from what survivalists used t… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rejection-of-science-and-or-factual-information-in-favor-of-feelings/1015208)._