So Mr deGrasse advocates a virtual country with an evidence-based rule of the land.
First, virtual, I believe, means having no physical presence. Therefore, "solid" evidence is impossible. Any "evidence" would be in the form of images, which we all know can be manipulated. If the evidence to which he refers is that of what is acknowledged as fact regarding the physical world, that comes down through the generations from teachers, who put their own slant into the knowledge they impart. Scientists argue all the time about what is and isn't. It can get pretty nasty and bloody, in fact.
Second, it is not possible to exist in a virtual country. Certainly many virtual "countries" already exist, Facebook, Minecraft, those other games that are deep and involved. Even those worldwide communities that exist on the Internet can be considered countries, with their own rules and administration. But you can't eat a Hot Pocket within the Internet.
Third, though the headline states that he "proposes government system known as 'Rationalia'," I see nothing in his tweet stating that he wants the American Government, or any other nation, to dump their constitutions in favor of his ever-so-logical ideal world view. Which is based, of course, on his belief system. Everything else, the analysis of his proposal, the support from his followers and the entire essays from his detractors (responding to one Twitter line), and what will certainly be a media firestorm, is entirely manufactured based on the usual Internet hysteria. None of the interpretations are based on fact. He didn't say a thing about changing our government.
A tweet, like a blog post, or a newspaper article, or a history book, is one person's opinion. As I've said before, an expert is only someone who has convinced enough other people that his or her opinions are fact.
People need to stop getting worked up over one line.
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