The efforts to which the Trump administration has gone to rip apart public education are disgusting, obviously aimed at manufacturing a new generation whose vast ignorance supersedes even that of our present population.
Category: Renewables – Science
How Many Houses Can We Power with a Lightening Bolt? Or, As a Friend Used To Ask, “Is it Farther To New York or By Car?”
Here’s a video that explains How Many Houses Can We Power with a Lightning Bolt? There is a lot of useful information here, most of it correct, and, IMO, this is an interesting subject, but:
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BlackRock Announcement and Moral Philosophy
The recent post BlackRock Announcement Huge Win for the Environmental Movement included these questions:
Improving Technology Good, Declining Moral Character Bad
The only good reason to want to live in the 21st Century versus say, 50 years ago, is that the breadth of technology makes our lives longer, healthier, and more convenient. Medical, informational, communications, entertainment, and automotive technology seem to …
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Inane Attack on Renewable Energy
I made the following comment on this clown’s video decrying renewable energy: “Completely incorrect about wind. One misstatement after another.” Reader Ryan King asks, “How so, Craig? That’s a genuine question, and I’d like to know the cited info. Please.”
Where Mathematics Starts to Get Blurry
We commonly think of mathematics as an objective discipline. Regardless of one’s sexual turn-ons or aesthetic sensibilities of favorite novelists, 2 + 2 still equals 4. One might think this applies to political opinions, but here, things starts to get …
Being More Fluid in Our Thinking
The pic here is a good example of what psychologists refer to as functional fixity. We so strongly assume the mistake is in the array of numbers that our minds are “fixed” and we find it difficult to look elsewhere. …
Kissing Science Goodbye
From the New York Times: In just three years, the Trump administration has diminished the role of science in policymaking while disrupting research projects nationwide. Experts say the effects may be felt for years.
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Why We Support Authoritarians
As shown in this fabulous piece of animation, there are two main theories that address the tendency of human populations to stand behind authoritarian regimes, but they both revolve around how people behave when they’re threatened by some sort of …
Mike Pence: Worse Than Trump?
A reader comments: If approved by the Senate, the vote would remove Trump from office and install far-right religious zealot Mike Pence. I’m aware of this sad fact. I’m not thrilled that our president would be someone who believes in …
