Please take a second to read this dialog between Stephen Colbert and Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Is this what would have surprised Carl Sagan most? I doubt it. From what I can remember, he had a low opinion of our civilization …
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Question: Primatologist Jane Goodall asserts three reasons for her optimism about the ultimate disposition of our planet’s health. One is shown at left, i.e., all we need to do is stop poisoning and otherwise harming our Earth, and it will …
I have quite a few childhood friends who are now Fox News acolytes, and I’m convinced that Fox’s “alternative facts” have inflicted untold pain on this nation and the other nations around the globe. From their disinformation campaigns on COVID, …
I agree with the author of the meme here, and I believe that if we were to follow the course he suggests we’d be a lot less steamed about these issues than we are now. Having said that, it appears …
If you’re looking for reassurance that Americans are faring decently with their degraded education standards, the meme here is not for you. The consumption of grass by cows is not bad for the planet, but the destruction of the rainforests …
Whenever I see examples of government waste, I’m reminded of the fact that, if we were able to eliminate or at least reduce that waste, we could put music back in our public schools. What a fantastic investment that would …
At left is a brief discussion on the subject of public schooling, and, in particular, the question of who should make the decisions re: curricula. The author suggests that the “client” to be served by public education is not the …
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IMO, the content of the meme at left is one of the very best ideas ever propounded by humankind. It speaks to the subject of “cognitive biases,” a big deal nowadays. However, it’s been attributed to essentially everyone in history. …
I don’t think quantum mechanics is capable of being understood, not because it isn’t true, but because the human mind didn’t evolve in such a way to deal with things that fail to conform to our intuition of time and …
From the website Physics Is Fun: Stephen Hawking’s quote, “I think the human race has no future if it doesn’t go into space,” underscores his belief in the existential importance of space exploration. He viewed humanity’s expansion into space as …
