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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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Bill Murray’s Oscar® Tribute to Harold Ramis
Touching tribute.
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Steve Martin in Paris
Steve Martin in Paris “Hi, I’d like to go to the hotel please.” “Vende je suis de femme le soir.” (this time, in a heavy french accent) “I would liiiike… to gooooo….. to zee hotelllll.” –Steve Martin, “A Wild and Crazy Guy” (1978). (Photo via @SteveMartinToGo on Twitter)
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If you’re a Christian man or woman looking to have a discreet sexual encounter with a fellow Christian…
Perhaps the best clip from Season 1 of Inside Amy Schumer on Comedy Central: Ashley Magdalene. With my husband so busy running a gay rehab center, it’s important to me to cheat with someone who shares my Christian values. — “Amy”, Stay-at-home wife I live in the woods with my wife and nine children and […]
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Adoble: Please keep using Flash Player…
I find it somewhat telling that Adobe actually “sells” Flash on its “Flash Update Available” notice. Flash is dead in the mobile space and something tells me that if Adobe feels the need to “sell” Flash to people who clearly already have it installed, it can’t be long for the desktop… Personally, I completely removed […]
I don’t know you, but I was tearing up last night during the speech!
I don’t know about any of you, but I was tearing up last night during the speech; I don’t know if I’ve ever been more proud to be an American. Of course, I wasn’t watching the DNC – I was streaming “Tommy Boy” via Netflix!!! 😉 But MAN! That speech that Chris Farley as Tommy […]
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Tweet of the day
Jay Mohr (@jaymohr37) on Twitter: The first person to tell me what their actual plan is gets my vote. Jay should really stop listening to the Obamney and Rombama camps and start listening to Gary Johnson!
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Clint Eastwood Speaks at Republican Convention
I love Clint Eastwood; truly, he is an extremely talented artist. Furthermore, I’m not one of those people who get hung up on the political, or religious, leanings of actors, musicians, etc. For example, I still see most every Tom Cruise or John Travolta movie even though the most sane parts of Scientography are every […]
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Random find on Twitter: Bragging about paying 13% in taxes
Guy Endore-Kaiser (@GuyEndoreKaiser): Bragging about paying 13% in taxes is like wanting an award because you threw a can at a homeless person that bounced into a recycling bin.
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Our Idiot Brother
Big Paul Rudd fan.
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Independence Day, Rain and Neighbors…
Today’s forecast: 4-6 inches of rain over the next 24 hours! Say what you will, but over the last couple years I’ve come to love it when it rains on the 4th of July, and so does my homeowners insurance carrier (ba-doom-ching). That’s because the people who live on our cul-de-sac (and the neighboring streets, […]
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