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crabs-with-sticks · 1 year ago

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I should get hazard pay for two men at the library mansplaining what scientific theory is (and being utterly wrong) to me, young woman in science who is just trying to scan her books about local oral histories.

#I don't normally refer to myself as a scientist because I have more background in the humanities side of archaeology #but fuck those guys #flat out saying to me (a professional archaeologist) that its not a science #And then also not understanding what scientific theory is???#like the old guy was very adamant evolution was “”real“” and not a theory #he also could not wrap his head around why we were studying Maori archaeology??#Like he kept asking me why #and I would explain about pa sites and taro gardens #and then he would confusedly ask 'are you Maori' like thatsthe only reason you could find it interesting #fuck that guy #knew things were going downhill after he started talking about how he has a physics backgrouns #then brought up Nikola Tesla then went straight to the muskrat #sigh #At least a bunch of teenage schoolgirls got to see me absolutely smoke those men in an argument while being feminine and wearing a dress #Also shout out to the librarian who had my back #she was a real g #yeah suprise surpise #all the people who were backing me up were women #rant post

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