This translates as:
Did you know that the majority of things that exist are totally invisible to us. We only see light 430 and 790 terahertz. We only hear sounds between 20 Hz and 20kHz.
These ranges are only a small fraction of the complete spectrum of existence.
I’ve heard this before, but I’m not sure how compelling it is. Is it possible that there is useful information in X-rays or infrared light? Ultrasonic or subsonic sound?
Seems unlikely.
It already is, by educated Americans who possess a conscience.
This one proposition encapsulates everything that America has become. We’re a nation that laughs at its own Constitution. We’d far rather serve our hateful bigotry than respect the guidelines set down by our Founding Fathers.
Moral philosopher Peter Singer is probably best known as an animal rights advocate, and one who’s been at it for a very long time. I was reading his books when I was in college in the 1970s. Turns out he’s only nine years older than I am.
The point he makes at left is a good one, but think about how far we are from this dream of his, especially here in the U.S.
Rationality would demand things like quality education, caring for our environment, and treating all people with respect and dignity. Now, these ideas are ridiculed as “woke,” and teachers who present them up in the classroom are subject to disciplinary measures.
At left is a statement from Germany about RFK, Jr. and the crackpot conspiracy theories he’s inflicting on Americans’ health.
To the point made at left:
1) There are plenty of Trump voters who regret their votes. If that weren’t the case, it would be impossible to explain Trump’s cratering approval ratings. Now, how many of these folks base their regret on the price of groceries, or the fact that trump continues to reveal himself as a criminal sociopath is impossible to know.
2) More important is the truth revealed in this quote from the immortal Carl Sagan:
“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”
This is an exercise in trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist, simply to muster support for Trump from our country’s meanest and least educated people.
I don’t see why not. Let’s look at a few of his accomplishments over the last year:
• Illegally invaded Venezuela for its oil.
• Appears ready to invade and annex Greenland.
• Detains and deports people without due process.
• Pardons felons who support him financially and/or politically. Several violent Jan 6. convicts have already committed new crimes.
• Condones excessive use of force common among ICE officers, who are coming after immigrants, U.S. citizens, and protestors.
• Tells Cuba to “make a deal before it’s too late.”
Earlier, Trump orchestrated the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Is this all to distract our attention from the Epstein files? Probably.
In any case, all in all, this “president of peace” thing seems a bit iffy.
It appears that this is precisely what happened to Dr. Fauci during the COVID-19 pandemic. He ran into the perfect storm of anti-science crackpots, and the far right-wing, often counterfactual media, e.g., Fox News and Newsmax.
There are still people who believe that, after 50 years of service, working under five different presidents, his statements about the disease were aimed at crippling the U.S. economy.
Yes, it’s socially uncool to compare life in current-day America to the rise of the Third Reich in the early 1930s.
Yet there are some interesting points to be made.
