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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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Author Archives: Paul
Wednesday 3rd of October 2018
TechMeme: “From the Department of ‘I wish we had this back in the day’, if you are currently matriculating at Duke University, the University of Alabama, or the University of Oklahoma, you can now use your iPhone and Apple Watch as your campus ID card. Source: paullandry.micro.blog
Tagged micro.blog
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Sunday 30th of September 2018
Oh, goddamn!!! It is International Blasphemy Day. #blasphemy #goddamn Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Saturday 29th of September 2018
Happy National Coffee Day folks! ☕️☕️☕️ #coffee Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Friday 28th of September 2018
“Do you like websites?” — Zach Galifianakis, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, E3 Jon Hamm. Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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What is atrial fibrillation, and why is your watch telling you about it?
John Timmer at ARS: Your heart has four chambers, two atria and two ventricles. The atria are smaller chambers at the top of the heart, and their contraction fills the larger ventricles with blood. The ventricles then provide the powerful push that sends the blood either to the lungs to pick up oxygen or out […]
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Thursday 27th of September 2018
ARS: What is atrial fibrillation, and why is your watch telling you about it? We explain why Apple’s decided to go after a condition you may never have heard of. Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Wednesday 26th of September 2018
“I’d rather say ‘I’m sorry I did’ rather than ‘I wish I had’ you know?” — Quincy Jones, Quincy (Netflix 2018). Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Friday 21st of September 2018
Got my leather case on Wednesday, now just waiting on UPS… #iPhoneXSMax Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Thursday 20th of September 2018
PopSci: “‘There is no lie detector, neither man nor machine,’ the first empirical review of the machinery concluded in 1965, a view that has been supported by every scientific publication on the topic since.” Polygraph tests don’t work as lie detectors and they never have Source: paullandry.micro.blog
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Kavanaugh Lied to the Judiciary Committee—Repeatedly
Thursday’s hearing didn’t prove whether Kavanaugh assaulted Ford. But we do know the Supreme Court nominee wasn’t honest in his testimony. William Saletan at Slate: Maybe Kavanaugh is an honest man in other contexts. Maybe he’s a good husband, a loving dad, and an inspiring coach. And maybe there’s no way to be certain that […]
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