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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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Terms and Conditions May Apply
You know, it occurred to me several years ago, that if I could “Like” something on Facebook from another website, then Facebook was tracking me. I log in and out–even on my iPhone–every time I use Facebook (or Google, for that matter)… If you don’t, or don’t know why you should, you may want to […]
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The Big Bang Theory: Star Wars Machete Order
Raj: “You know, I, I heard this way of watching the movies called the machete order where you watch Episodes IV and V, then skip Episode I, watch II and III as a flashback, and then finish with VI.” Howard: “Ok, so you’d lose most of Jar-Jar, all the trade route talk and the boring […]
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Bill Murray’s Oscar® Tribute to Harold Ramis
Touching tribute.
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An Inventor, Two Magicians, and a 350-Year-Old Mystery
This film as been getting some very impressive notices on the festival circuit. Can’t wait to see it. Directed by Teller (his feature debut) and produced and narrated by Penn Jillette, the documentary “Tim’s Vermeer” tells the true story of Tim Jenison, an inventor who created digital editing and computer animation tools that helped revolutionize […]
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Misery Loves Comedy
If you’re a fan of stand-up comedy, and those who perform it, you’re no doubt aware that a staggering percentage are truly miserable. KickStarter project by Kevin Pollak. Looks great — so great, that I’ve backed it. Check it out.
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R.I.P. Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert, writing in 2011: I do not fear death: I will pass away sooner than most people who read this, but that doesn’t shake my sense of wonder and joy
Also tagged entertainment, history, personal, reason, rip/remembrance
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Kirby Ferguson: Embracing the remix
TED Talk by Kirby Ferguson. Great artists steal, except from me! Excellent talk, except for one inaccuracy: popular myth has it that Apple “stole” the original Mac’s features from Xerox PARC, but the fact of the matter is that Apple purchased “engineering visits” to PARC in exchange for selling Xerox 100k shares of pre-IPO stock […]
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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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Why Glengarry Glen Ross’ Alec Baldwin scene is so unusual
My wife and I re-watched Glengarry Glen Ross this past weekend, and I am always struck by the Alec Baldwin scene. Alec Baldwin only appears in Glengarry Glen Ross for something on the order of five or six minutes, but arguably, his scene not only makes the whole movie, but he turns in perhaps the […]
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Our Idiot Brother
Big Paul Rudd fan.
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