"wearing leather harnesses and chaining each other up" is a bit different than just wearing a leather harness in public. But also how hard is it to just be civilized when you're in public? I don't need you to wear a suit and tie, but at least have some decency.
First line in the article "Objective reality exists." Does it? I'd say even that is a contentious statement in the realm of philosophy.
But regardless, if there is such a thing as objective reality, it is trivial to prove that our perception of the world is poor mimicry of the real thing, perhaps someone could make some allegory involving shadows on the wall of cave?
I remember thinking "why the hell would I want voice control on my tv remote?" And truth be told, it's actually really convenient the 2 or 3 times I watch tv in a year. Of course any modern convenience nowadays means someone is probably spying on you because of it.
My bet would be that a surprisingly large number of psychology studies are completely irreproducible. I'm even skeptical of a lot of fMRI experiments. Meta-analyses certainly can give a bit better insight, but have their own problems.
Maybe if Mozilla spend some of that google cash on making the browser better instead of lining the pockets of the execs and pushing for social issues they could at least retain some semblance of a user base.
Has anyone ever looked into the real effect laws like these this have? It's never really bothered me having to produce ID, but after thinking about it, I am curious as to how much these laws really help.