I never suffered under that particular assumption. But I did assume that people who lacked that basic understanding would have the good sense not to make assertions that broadcast their ignorance to the entire world.
Author: craigshields
At the Risk of Contradicting Mahatma Gandhi
I’m not so sure about what Gandhi said here. It seems like history features waves of good and evil leaders, yet perhaps the metaphor of the pendulum that oscillates between two extremes is better. Ancient Rome had a great number …
More on Scientists’ Logos
Re: my post of scientists’ logos, a reader says, “I really don’t know the three that are above Borlaug.” They’re three 20th Century quantum physicists.
Scientists’ Logos
This is a little esoteric, and definitely off-topic, but I thought it was cool. I had to look up Norman Borlaug. He was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed …
Stupidity and Betrayal
What a terrible shame. Betrayal is such a sad affair. Just kidding. What do you say to someone who is so stupid?
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Not Too Much Nice to Say About Coca Cola, But …..
Not much good can be said about Coca Cola. Its main product is poison, sold in planet-destroying plastic containers that go 93% unrecycled, targeting neighborhoods with poor school districts, because well educated people tend to take better care of themselves. …
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We Don’t Need To Live in Mud Huts–Further Discussion
Yesterday, a (sarcastic) reader asked: If we all lived in mud huts for 103 years would it put the ice back? Today, she went “back for seconds”: What’s wrong with mud huts? Humanity survived millions of years in them. Aren’t …
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Biden Quietly Making Real Progress
His political opponents are making life very tough for Biden, but it’s quite clear that, by the time he leaves office, he will have accomplished a great deal on behalf of the common American.
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After a Horrifying Experience for America, Trump Is on His Way Out
Conservative intellectuals like George Will were a hard sell on Trump from the beginning. They saw that this package of lies, racism, and buffoonery was a catastrophe in the making, causing some, like Will himself, to leave the Republican party …
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Eisenhower Warned Us
Let’s take a few moments to read what President Eisenhower told us about the growth of the U.S. military in peacetime when he left office in 1961. He certainly nailed it. War has become one of the largest industries in …
