From NPR: The shooting death of a 2-year-old girl in Kentucky at the hands of her 5-year-old brother has opened up yet another debate about gun control. While no one favors the idea of 5-year-olds using weapons without supervision, there is …
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Billionaires Choosing Space–At Their Peril
Rightfully, those billionaires choosing to build new businesses in recreational space travel rather than addressing the vast suffering here on Earth are taking a terrible public relations hit. Here’s a clever meme that speaks to that. On a personal note, …
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Living in an Anti-Intellectual Culture
Dr. George Kiser, Professor Emeritus of Politics and Government in the College of Arts and Sciences at Illinois State made the comment at left. It’s a vicious cycle, in that anti-intellectualism emboldens ignorant people, whose statements tend to dominate social …
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Anti-Vaxxers Know No Limits
If you think that certain strains of illogical beliefs are just too insane to court a wide news viewership, think again. Here we have an anchor from the ultra-right wing Newsmax expressing his viewpoint on vaccinations: What I’ve always thought about …
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Anti-Vaccine Contingent Out of Control
The outside world continues to watch the spectacle of American politics with a blend of sympathy, sadness, and contempt. But in no arena is their revulsion for what’s happening here deeper than our pitiful reaction to the availability of safe …
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EV Battery Swapping–Revisited
The world is in the process of phasing out internal combustion engines in favor of EVs, and there are indications, after years of disappointment, that the EV adoption curve is finally starting to take off. Part of the challenge, of …
Our Understanding of Climate Change Goes Back a Long Way, But ….
The history of climate science, and in particular, an understanding of the role that greenhouse gases play in global warming, actually predates the article at left by many years. In 1896, Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius claimed that fossil fuel combustion may …
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We Tend To Argue About Nothing
It’s not news that the United States is a deeply divided country, egged on by politicians whose popularity feeds on hatred, and fueled by the media that profits from it. The issue of bathrooms, i.e., which ones transgenders should use, …
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For Some, Scientific Illiteracy is a Marketing Brand
From this: When it comes to dangerous misinformation about the pandemic, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is among the most ridiculous politicians in the country. It was just last week when the editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was pushed over the edge by Johnson’s hostility …
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Fighting Global Warming
This guy makes an excellent point. When we want to go blow something to pieces, there is remarkably little conversation about it. On the other hand, allocating even small amounts of money for something that helps people, or in this, …
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