There are a great number of theories as to why human civilization has as yet been unable to make contact with other forms of intelligent life. Sci-fi legend and public intellectual Arthur C. Clark offers a totally plausible suggestion here. …
There are a great number of theories as to why human civilization has as yet been unable to make contact with other forms of intelligent life. Sci-fi legend and public intellectual Arthur C. Clark offers a totally plausible suggestion here. …
Thom: What you say here is fine, but keep in mind that virtually none of the Americans who admire today’s GOP has lived a year in Germany. Most of them couldn’t find Germany on a map. In general, you’re talking …
I note all the “amens” in response to this post on social media. I grant crackpots, religious or otherwise, the right to refuse to comply with the dictates of the scientific community in the event of a horrible spike in …
This certification should be provided for: rejecting science, and, in so doing, raising hospitalization rates, while lowering one’s life expectancies and that of everyone coming into contact.
The video here actually isn’t a scam; the machine and its user will generate some electrical energy, though the title is a bit misleading; the energy doesn’t come from the magnet. In the 1830s, Michael Faraday discovered the relationship between …
Apparently there are people so ignorant that they don’t understand that all 200+ sovereign nations on Earth have their own decisions to make re: vaccines, their uses, mandates, lockdowns, health policies re: schools, workplaces, restaurants, etc. They also don’t understand …
Here is a short video made by PBS that addresses how each of us as individuals perceive the outside world in different ways, based on the “wiring” of our brains. I bring this up to make a larger point about …
As we go into the first debate of the Republican presidential candidates leading into the 2024 election, presented by Fox News and moderated by two of its hosts (pictured), try to imagine any set of Republicans prior to this one …
The implication here is that the sane response to COVID-19 was to ignore what our scientists were telling us about it. COVID is gone (at least for now) because enough people acquired a sufficient degree of immunity to the disease, …
You might think there is no upside to the demise of the American educational system and the accompanying spike in ignorance. You’d be wrong. It’s made possible a market for products that have no real value. Cunning entrepreneurs are making …
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