So you agree but you felt the way I wrote it was disdainful, and you thought I didn’t choose a good example.
Perhaps I should have said something along the lines of ‘modern scientific cultural norms are influenced by the European Enlightenment.’
I specifically didn’t mention falsfiabilty and logical positivism etc as I wanted to keep the comment light and accessible.
I was suggesting they read more because it’s generally a good idea to read more about things you’re interested in.
Oh my god, thank you - apparently I’m aging myself. Yes - we didn’t used to need go through bomb checkpoints.
Also for the record I feel bad about saying idiotic and NPC! That was unnecessarily unkind, even if I found her excruciatingly vapid