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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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“Nobody fucks with the Jesus”
“Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.” “Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I’ll take it away from you, stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger ’til it goes ‘click.’” “Jesus.” “You […]
Man held for 905 days as witness in Oregon testifies and goes free
TWO AND A HALF YEARS. Never committed a crime. Land of the free.
Tagged bullshit, government
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Reports: Plane piloted by Harrison Ford crash lands, actor injured
Damn. Hope he’s alright… I’m not prepared to lose Han Solo.
Tagged entertainment, movies, starwars
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“…or you can believe the Senator with the snowball.”
Scientific American’s ’60-Second Science’ podcast for March 2, 2015: Climate Skeptic Senator Burned after Snowball Stunt Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe carried a snowball onto the Senate floor to insinuate that climate change was not real, after which Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse torched Inhofe’s argument. Steve Mirsky reports “You can believe NASA and you can […]
Tagged climate, denialism, government, politics, science
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AAAS: What We Know
Climate scientists agree: climate change is happening here and now. Based on well-established evidence, about 97% of climate scientists have concluded that human-caused climate change is happening. This agreement is documented not just by a single study, but by a converging stream of evidence over the past two decades from surveys of scientists, content analyses […]
Titans to Hire Defensive Guru Dick LeBeau
Jim Wyatt of The Tennessean: Legendary defensive coach Dick LeBeau is expected to be named assistant head coach with the Titans, where he’ll be in charge of the defense, a source familiar with the situation said Tuesday. An official announcement is expected later in the week.
Aikman isn’t pulling any punches
“It’s obvious that Tom Brady had something to do with this,” Aikman said. “I know going back to when I played, they’ve loosened up the rules in terms of what each team is able to do with the footballs coming into the game. Used to, the home team provided all the balls. And now, each […]
Tagged nfl
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Cheating Scandals and Legacies
Mike Freeman writing at BleacherReport.com: It’s time to stop with the excuses. Stop with looking the other way. Just stop. Stop defending Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. I’ve defended their Spygate shenanigans as minor cheating. Defended their Super Bowls. Defended it all. But no human being with a functioning cerebrum can do that now. […] […]
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NASA’s Best Images of Earth From Space in 2014
Wired Science: Here are some of our favorite shots that NASA’s satellites captured of Earth this year, including shots of a volcano erupting on a newly born island, tornado tracks across the Great Plains, the aurora borealis above Russia and dust from the Sahara spreading across the globe. Many thanks to the super team at […]
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Gift Plan
I’ve been using a little iOS app for a few years to do all my gift planning and shopping. It’s called “Gift Plan,” and costs a mere buck ($1). This app is great; it does one thing and does it extremely well. It lets you keep track of everyone and every occasion for which you […]