#'the scientists are Lying to you!!! lava can't do that!!' like what agenda is this even part of. why does geology scare them so much

[quixoticanarchy]

things I did not expect to learn today: there’s a subset of conspiracist types who don’t believe in basaltic columnar jointing??? they think it’s just petrified trees and the idea that lava flows can cool in a geometric pattern is like.. propaganda by Big Geology

#legitimately unhinged #'the scientists are Lying to you!!! lava can't do that!!' like what agenda is this even part of. why does geology scare them so much #i mean some of it is probably tied to 'alternative' pseudoscience and some of it is in the creationist vein i guess #but wow what the fuck #columnar jointing #geography things #skravler