He Just Assumed….
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.
Tagged with: science
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 of terrible emperors, and the last 1600 years since has seen an uncountable number of tyrants.
Now we have Putin, Jong-un, Ping, Erdogan, Duterte, Orbán, Bolsonaro, and probably 50 other dictators whose names few of us would recognize. And don’t forget that Trump is not yet gone from political power.
It’s true that nothing, regardless of its moral value, lasts forever, but it’s hard to believe that things are improving.
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 the Green Revolution.
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?
Tagged with: Trump betrayal
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.
Social media put an enormous amount of pressure on the international soft-drink pariah to suspend sales to Russia, finally leading to Coke’s folding its tent and agreeing to do so.
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 you willing to save this planet?
You’re ridiculing the people who are trying to avert the environmental collapse that our civilization’s geologists, chemists, biologists, and climate/atmospheric scientists assure us is in the process of occurring.
That speaks a great deal about you, none of it good.
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.
Tagged with: Biden making progress
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 altogether.
It appears that these folks are in the process of getting what they want: an extremely right-wing GOP, but one led by a relatively sane human being.
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 the world, and the United States accounts for almost half of it. Our society features homelessness, child hunger, underfunded school systems, disintegrating infrastructure, and imminent environmental collapse.
We can do better.
