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[S]cience is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time – when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.
The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.
— Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (New York: Ballantine Books, 1996) at p.32.
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[S]cience is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time – when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.
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Thursday 5th of March 2020
First coronavirus (COVID-19) case in Tennessee. Gov. Bill Lee announces first confirmed case of coronavirus in Williamson County Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Finally, Harvard Professor Slammed for Saying Atheists “Can’t Be Trusted” to Hold Office
Charles M. Silver, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin and a visiting professor at Harvard Law School in 2011, has written a piece for the Harvard Crimson responding to Vermeule’s comment. Among other things, he notes the lack of public outrage over what Vermeule said. That’s in part due to how […]
Tennessean: Nashville will recover from this terrible tornado and become stronger
Opinion and Engagement Director David Plazas at The Tennessean: Nashville proved during the flood of 2010 it was resilient. Residents banded together to rebuild and restore the damaged parts of the city. They are doing so again in 2020 […] Thank you to our firefighters, our police, our health care workers, our electrical workers and […]
Wednesday 4th of March 2020
Anderson Design Group 2020 Tornado Relief: Spirit of Nashville #MtJuliet #Nashville #tornado #NashvilleTornado #NashvilleDisasterRelief Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Twitter: Wow. I am speechless at this photo.
Heather Mathis (@NC5_HMathis) Tweeted: Wow. I am speechless at this photo. Jenny Pearcy took this from her balcony of SkyHouse Nashville as a tornado tore through downtown. @NC5 https://t.co/1t15fKWsoi Wow. I am speechless at this photo. Jenny Pearcy took this from her balcony of SkyHouse Nashville as a tornado tore through downtown. @NC5 pic.twitter.com/1t15fKWsoi — […]
Nixle alerts work
If your community uses the Nixle Alert system, you should subscribe. Nixle alerts, starting from 12:37AM: Chrissy and I were just about to return to bed when we got the 12:46AM message stating, “The tornado warning continues. Stay in your safe place.” Nixle alerts, starting from 1:06AM:
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Tuesday 3rd of March 2020
To family and friends: we are okay. The tornado missed us, but not by much. We have some minor damage, but we are fine. #tornado #MtJuliet #Nashville Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Monday 2nd of March 2020
R.I.P. James Lipton –> James Lipton, ‘Inside the Actors Studio’ Host, Dies at 93 Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Monday 2nd of March 2020
“Absent policy changes, the federal government continues to face an unsustainable long-term fiscal path,” America’s top auditor warns. But is anyone listening? –> The National Debt Is ‘Unsustainable’ and the Pentagon’s Finances Are a Total Mess, Federal Audit Says Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Borowitz: CDC Director Says Coronavirus Effort Could Be Helped By Quarantining Pence
Borowitz Report: Speaking to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the C.D.C. director said that, given Pence’s record as a science denier who mishandled an aids outbreak while he was the governor of Indiana, an immediate quarantine of the Vice-President was “an essential first step.” “Mike Pence should be sealed off in a secure area, where he […]
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