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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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Why the American people still need newspapers
Ken Paulson, director of the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University and the founder of the 1 for All campaign for the First Amendment, in a guest column for The Tennessean: It’s important to acknowledge newspapers’ past, but also to express concern about their future. […] too many view this as a business […]
Tagged government, opinion, politics, reason
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Saturday 7th of September 2019
“Fainting-couch conservatism strikes again: A University of Alabama dean of students is out of a job after conservative media dug up some of his old tweets.” reason.com/2019/09/0… Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Friday 6th of September 2019
Vinyl Is Poised to Outsell CDs For the First Time Since 1986 Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Friday 6th of September 2019
“An unearthed album by the legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane has been hidden in plain sight for more than 50 years in the archives of the National Film Board of Canada.” nationalpost.com/wcm/08a06… Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Secret John Coltrane album was ‘hidden in plain sight’ as soundtrack for 1964 French-Canadian film
Coltrane recorded the music without ever notifying his record company. This is the first time the tracks will be heard in their entirety beyond the film What a story! An unearthed album by the legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane has been hidden in plain sight for more than 50 years in the archives of the […]
Asset Forfeiture Funding Has Little Impact on Solving Crimes
C.J. Ciaramella, reporting at Reason.com: Law enforcement groups have long argued that civil asset forfeiture, a practice that allows police to seize property suspected of being connected to criminal activity, is a vital tool for stopping drug trafficking, but a new study found that the nation’s largest forfeiture program had little effect on crime fighting. […]
Tagged government, law enforcement, libertarian, reason
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Friday 30th of August 2019
“The N.C.A.A. adjusted some of its football rules for this season. We read the rule book so you don’t have to.” Rules Changes in College Football: Targeting, Overtime and Blindside Blocks Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Thursday 29th of August 2019
“Misinformation about vaccines is as contagious and dangerous as the diseases it helps to spread” Ars Technica has this filed under “HUMILIATING” —> “We’re embarrassed”: US is close to losing measles-elimination status Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Reason Podcast: The Libertarian Case for Term Limits
Nick Tomboulides, the executive director of U.S. Term Limits, on the Reason Podcast with Nick Gillespie: “Congress has given us $22 trillion in debt, the longest war in American history, a broken health care system, a broken immigration system, a tax code written by lobbyists, and an explosion of money in politics. Worst of all, […]
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Wednesday 28th of August 2019
“An outcome that’s all too rare.” Atlanta Cop Gets Fired, Sent to Jail for Kicking, Choking Suspect Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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