A hiker posted a video showing the water flow of the fall was coming from a pipe built into the rock face.

A controversy over a waterfall has cascaded into a social media storm in China, even prompting an explanation from the water body itself.

A hiker posted a video that showed the flow of water from Yuntai Mountain Waterfall - billed as China’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall - was coming from a pipe built high into the rock face.

The clip has been liked more than 70,000 times since it was first posted on Monday. Operators of the Yuntai tourism park said that they made the “small enhancement” during the dry season so visitors would feel that their trip had been worthwhile.

“The one about how I went through all the hardship to the source of Yuntai Waterfall only to see a pipe,” the caption of the video posted by user “Farisvov” reads.

  • nomous@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    5 months ago

    Ah one of those beep boop robot people unable to see any nuance that can only deal with absolutes. That’ll hold you back.

    • OBJECTION!@lemmy.mlEnglish
      43·
      5 months ago

      That doesn’t seem to describe me very well. Seems like a strange take. I would think that studying history and basing beliefs on evidence would lead one to arrive at a more nuanced understanding than going, “idk seems bad.”

      • nomous@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        5 months ago

        I would think that studying history and basing beliefs on evidence would lead one to arrive at a more nuanced understanding than going, “idk seems bad.”

        You’d think so but here we are, “beliefs” are based on “faith” and “evidence” is up for “interpretation.” A room full of people can read a story and all take something different from it, if we could all just study history and decide what the best course of action is, that’d be cool.

        • OBJECTION!@lemmy.mlEnglish
          32·
          5 months ago

          “beliefs” are based on “faith” and “evidence” is up for “interpretation.”

          No, they are not. I believe more of the earth’s surface is water than land. Is that belief based on faith? Is that evidence up for interpretation?

          Some beliefs are based on faith and some evidence can be interpreted in multiple ways but that doesn’t mean that there’s no such thing as a rational, evidence-based belief.

          A room full of people can read a story and all take something different from it, if we could all just study history and decide what the best course of action is, that’d be cool.

          Yes, people disagree on things, but when they are grounded on evidence and reason, they can discuss them rationally and present reason or evidence that the other person might not be aware of, and possibly resolve the disagreement. If you just go off vibes, and someone else senses different vibes from you, then there’s nothing you can appeal to to convince them of your perspective.