Though I admire the author’s fierce independence, I urge caution. Yes, parents have the responsibility for their children’s health, but they’re also held accountable when they fail to apply a basic level of reason in these duties. In particular, there …
Category: Renewables – Science
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: COVID-19 Vaccinations
Question: Anti-vaxxers say that the COVID-19 is dangerous and, in particular, that it causes more fatalities than it prevents. They base this (false) claim on the (groundless) idea that the vaccine has been tested on too few individuals. In fact, …
False Knowledge
If you’re looking for an explanation of Trumpism/MAGA, you need search no further than what George Bernard Shaw told us here. This, of course, is the double-edged sword of social media. It connects us to one another, and to true …
Tagged with: False Knowledge
Yes, 97% of Human History Has Been Lost, But How Catastrophic Is That?
What went through the minds of our distant ancestors? How much have we lost as a civilization due to the fact that they were unable to write down their thoughts? Interesting questions, to be sure. The meme here suggests that …
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Mourning the Deaths of Unvaccinated Texans
My hope is that this Cadillac Escalade (16 combined MPG) driver in Texas a) will stay close to home, thus protecting the rest of us from his ignorance, and b) that he’ll eventually have an experience that wipes that arrogant, …
Tagged with: antivaxxers
Do Long Summer Days Enable Lush Plant Growth in the Arctic?
No. If you’ve ever visited Northern Europe, you’ve noticed that the fare is more about meat and potatoes than it is the rich salads and vegetable plates of the Mediterranean. The reason for that is that higher latitudes have less …
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Tagged with: summer solstice
Correlation Does Not Imply Causation
Most of us would agree that music programs are wonderful things to have in our schools, but we need to learn how to think logically at the same time. Is it possible that: Schools with music programs are simply better …
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Religion and Science
This is true by definition. Religion is based on faith, not reason. If it were provable, it would be science. In most cases, I don’t have anything against this. People who believe they’re going to see their grandparents in heaven …
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Quantum Mechanics and the Human Mind
The meme here reminds me of a thought I had during my first (and only) course on the subject: There’s no guarantee that the human mind evolved so as to make sense of the universe, and it appears that, in …
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Nature, Nurture, and …. ?
We’ve been having this discussion for at least 100 years. How is it possible that two siblings with essentially the same DNA and the same home environment can be such different people? In the 18th Century, British philosopher John Locke …
Tagged with: epigenetics
