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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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Sunday 1st of March 2020
So, in other words, just like everything else… Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Saturday 29th of February 2020
Outstanding: “The question of whether Confederate symbols represent heritage or hatred has been vexing for the U.S. military.” –> Marine commandant banishes Confederate symbols from all Corps installations Source: paullandry.micro.blog Ed Brayton at Dispatches from the Culture Wars nails it: Heritage or hate is a false dichotomy. The heritage IS hate. My fear is that […]
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Thursday 27th of February 2020
“Pence has a track record of ignoring public health evidence” –> Mike Pence, who enabled an HIV outbreak in Indiana, will lead US coronavirus response Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Thursday 27th of February 2020
“It’s impossible to overstate just how much governments hate not being able to read your mail, listen to your phone calls, and peruse your text messages.” –> Encryption Foes in Washington Won’t Give Up Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Thursday 27th of February 2020
“Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said that he was already in the process of crafting insults about the virus that would obliterate it once and for all.” –> TRUMP PLANS TO DESTROY CORONAVIRUS WITH AN INCREDIBLY MEAN TWEET Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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GoFundMe: Two Godless Moms Starting A Nonprofit
Bridget Gaudette and Courtney Heard are secular humanist atheist activists with a track record for success. We have extensive experience working for and helping to launch nonprofits. We desire a fully transparent organization with successful campaigns to help atheists all over the world. We have been ready and excited to work for months now and […]
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Wednesday 26th of February 2020
“The confusion over vaccine development points to a much bigger problem” –> Trump’s reckless coronavirus statements put the entire US at risk Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg says Trump Should Recuse Himself from All Decisions Involving the Future of the Country
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Asserting that his personal interests put him in direct conflict with the interests of the United States of America, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has demanded that Donald Trump recuse himself from all decisions involving the future of the U.S.
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U.S. Supreme Court turns away religious bias claim
Yahoo! Finance: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Walgreens, turning away an appeal by a fired former Florida employee of the pharmacy chain who asked not to work on Saturdays for religious reasons as a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The justices declined to review a lower court ruling in […]
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Some Catholics Are Eating Plant-Based Burgers to Avoid Eating “Meat” on Fridays
Friendly Athiest: For Catholics who celebrated Lent yesterday, they’re also supposed to abstain from eating meat on Fridays until Easter. (Hey, don’t ask me to explain religious logic.) But that rule raises an interesting question: What if a practicing Catholic eats a plant-based burger? I love the tag for this article: “Give them credit. They […]
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