A large segment of the population don't understand the difference between a fact, an opinion, and a belief.
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Reference for those out of the loop.
Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 6 episode 10, "Chain of Command".
Picard is captured by Cardassians and tortured, with the promise that it will end if only he admits that there are 5 lights.
The original reference be from 1984
I always thought the episode premise describes on reddit was kinda dumb.
Why doesn't he just say there's five lights knowing there's four so he can get out and start helping people who need him?
Useless pride? Or do they have some kind of monitoring system that only releases him if he tricks himself into believing there's now five lights?
Why does he just say there's five lights knowing there's four so he can get out and start helping people who need him?
Because it’s an entertaining TV show that likes morality tales. Applying real-world logic to most any show would stop the show in the first 5 minutes.
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Under the first ammendment, I am allowed to lick whomevers ear I choose.
You can lick your ear, and you can lick your friends, but you can't lick your friend's ear.
This unlocked a core memory for me. I need to go back and rewatch TNG.
Hey man, I'll say there are whatever number of lights you want me to say if you give me another one of those tasty eggs.
🎵Captain Jean Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise🎵
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I found #5:

The man facing the old man is light yagami
That's why respecting the opinions of others is so dangerous. No one is entitled to their own facts in this world and until other people are held responsible for believing provably incorrect things, nothing will change.
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