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Professor who claimed ancient Malays could fly loses university post
(www.asiaone.com)
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this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2026
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It says they taught it to the Chinese for flying kung fu. That’s not about genetic superiority.
I would argue the opposite. By censoring or pruning the established narrative to a single “factual” sequence, you give the most power to fascism. The freedom of ideas, even if incorrect, is essential to freedom but also to critical thinking. When we have a strong “factual” narrative with no other fringe theories allowed, it does not exercise the critical thinking skills of the population.
If she was exercising any level of critical thinking she would realize how insane her ideas are.