Seriously?  The author of the meme here must be putting me on.  He “can’t explain it?”  “Things just don’t feel right?”

The United States is facing four more years of leadership by a sociopath–one who has nothing to lose from implementing policies that will a) nullify the justice system’s attempt to prosecute him for his crimes, b) use that same justice system to punish his enemies, c) further enrich himself and his billionaire friends by looting the U.S. treasury, d) cripple our nation’s efforts to mitigate environmental collapse, e) further destroy American education, f) remove women’s rights, and g) kick tens of millions of Americans off of healthcare.

I’m not sure how observant and intuitive you need to be to see all this.

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I had to laugh when I came across the meme here.

A few weeks ago, I ran into two ladies who had been friends since they were children.  One said, “Gosh we’ve known one another for a long time.  We’re 40 now, and we met when were what, eight?” She pulled out her phone and after a few seconds said, “That’s 32 years!”

 

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In response to the question posed at left, a reader remarks:  No, it makes you restless.

That’s a fine answer, and it’s true that a blind certainty provides better peace of mind than living in a constant state of doubt, searching for something that appears to be elusive.

There is another side to the coin however, in that science is the only method we have to get at the truth.

It’s not that science is always right; in fact, it would be more proper to say that it’s always wrong.   Think of how little of what we believed about the world 400 years ago we still hold true today.  And this is only likely to get worse in the future, as the pace of our investigations continues to increase.

That said, there is a certain comfort to knowing that we’re employing the only good tool for the job.

 

 

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It would be interesting to know what percentage of religious people think according to the Hindu proverb at left.

To take a guess:

Of the Eastern religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, and Jainism, it’s probably fairly high, possibly close to 100%.  Of the monotheistic belief systems of the West, it’s very close to zero.

That’s what makes the latter group so dangerous.  Not only are people from differing religions “other,” they’re wrong on the most important principle of our existence.

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Question: In my recent post: Young People and the Environment, I noted that Primatologist Jane Goodall gives three reasons that she’s optimistic about Earth’s future.  One is the enthusiasm of young folks. What are the other two?

Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.

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The assertion at left is, of course, completely false.  If starvation cured disease, the poverty in places like central Africa would make these children among the healthiest on Earth.

So who’s creating and disseminating lies like this one?

And why?  What’s the satisfaction in making this planet an even more ignorant place than it’s ever been before?

 

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The author of the piece at left makes an excellent point.  This is the first time in U.S. history that a rando multibillionaire stepped forward and began to make decisions that affect millions of American children.

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A couple of comments:

Fortunately, “thousands” is off by several (probably five) orders of magnitude.  There are approximately 2.3 billion people on this planet between the ages of 15 and 30.  If 10% of them are “stepping up” in any real sense, that’s 230 million.

Primatologist Jane Goodall gives three reasons that she’s optimistic about Earth’s future, and one is the enthusiasm of young folks.

While I hesitate to challenge people of Goodall’s stature, it’s hard to know what fraction of young people are actually concerned about and getting involved in environmental stewardship. In the United States we have, to my shock and horror, an entire class of youngsters who will be my age in 50 years, who really don’t seem to care that, in half a century at the rate we’re going, this planet will be a hellish place to live.

What’s truly disgusting is the significant levels of support we see for Trump among young people.  These are folks who stand behind “drill baby drill” and other slogans of propaganda of Big Oil and the far right.

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When I read the first sentence here, I guessed this kid was saving the ketchup packets to provide tiny bits of nutrition to hungry, homeless people.

I had forgotten what kids’ (and schoolteachers’) lives are really like nowadays, given the proliferation of weapons of war among the mentally ill.

 

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At left is something circulating on social media.  Apparently, you and I are the “evil” that Trump needs protection from, the “radical left.”

It’s true that we, the folks who believe in rule of law, environmental responsibility, and human rights, actually do represent a threat to Trump’s position of power, though sane people don’t think of us as evil.

 

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