We get to see how clueless a lot of people can be because of social media.
If you’re going to engage in a debate with someone online, at least take five seconds to look at their bio so you can see who you’re about to tangle with. Case in point, let’s look at Twitter user Katie Mack’s short bio:
“(a.k.a. Dr Katherine J Mack) astrophysicist/cosmologist, occasional freelance science writer, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes”
Okay, you probably wouldn’t want to debate Ms. Mack about, oh I don’t know, astrophysics or anything science-related. Let’s see how this unfolded, shall we?
Here was the tweet that started the exchange.
Honestly climate change scares the heck out of me and it makes me so sad to see what we're losing because of it.
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) August 15, 2016
Then this fella decided to throw in his two cents. Bad move, bro.
Photo Credit: Twitter
To be clear, that’s a screenshot because Mr. Jackson has since deleted his tweets.
Ms. Mack responded with this tweet, which you really can’t argue with in any way.
I dunno, man, I already went and got a PhD in astrophysics. Seems like more than that would be overkill at this point.
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) August 16, 2016
Ouch. Immediately roasted. Gary, Gary, Gary…bad move, my friend.
Other people weighed in on Twitter with their thoughts about the exchange.
I have seen some burns in my time, but this is galactic. Seared in your consciousness forever.
— Steve El-Sharawy (@Stiff) August 16, 2016
lol @gary4205 Man. You got handed back your own guts there. Sheesh.
— The Typo King FRSL (@InuaEllams) August 16, 2016
And then another mindless troll just had to step in to try to take up Gary’s fight. Another bad idea.
lmao. You got a fake degree with socialist funding from a liberal school. Youre practically obliged to tout climate myth.
— scatman hatman going online (@swimmer_gay) August 18, 2016
I don't remember seeing that on the paperwork anywhere
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) August 18, 2016
so what do they let you do with that liberal degree, cook the fries or wait tables?
— scatman hatman going online (@swimmer_gay) August 18, 2016
So far I have held two national postdoctoral research fellowships in theoretical cosmology. My CV is freely available online
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) August 18, 2016
I’ll never understand the anti-science, anti-education, anti-reason people out there. And there seems to be A LOT of them.
The lesson here? If you don’t know what you’re talking about, do yourself a favor and keep your mouth shut. Or else you’ll end up looking incredibly stupid, and you’ll have to hang your head in shame.
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