To the idiot who sent me this: They told us education is bad because it creates people capable of thinking. Every step we take downward into the depths of ignorance brings a new level of pain and desperation as we …
Category: Renewables – Science
Social Democracy
At left is an interesting twist on the case for social democracies. In short: Investing in people pays off. As they say, Education is expensive, but the cost of ignorance is far higher.
Science and Religion — A Common Ground?
Yes, in that they are both the results of the human need to make sense of the world around us and to unravel life’s great mysteries. But that’s where the similarity ends; religion is based on beliefs for which there …
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The Problem of God
A course called “The Problem of God” a requirement for all incoming freshmen at Georgetown University, or at least it was in the late 1970s when I was a grad student there. Here’s part of the “problem,” at least for …
Discussions on Religion
Good question here at left. To me, it depends. If the person seems intelligent enough to be able to hold a thought in his head that opposes his current beliefs, I’d actively encourage the discussion. Otherwise, I’m out. No need …
Consequences of Refusing COVID Vaccinations
Well, they were far more likely to be hospitalized and to die by drowning in their own pus and blood that built up in their lungs. Doesn’t sound pleasant. Not sure I’d call it “nothing.”
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Maybe Religion Is Here to Stay
What the late Frank Zappa said here about atheism is what I began predicting when I was in my teens, but I’m not so optimistic today. In fact, there seems to be a trend towards the rejection of science, fear, …
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Did God Assign Your Gender?
Religion tends to make statements that fly in the teeth of science, but even the most ardent believers in God may have trouble with the meme here. How are genders assigned? Well, ask yourself why men have nipples. It’s because …
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Many Say Fauci Should Go To Prison
We hear all the time that Dr. Anthony Fauci, who served Americans’ health needs under seven presidents, created COVID-19 in a Chinese lab and deliberately inflicted it on U.S. citizens, killing millions. The anti-science far-right is cranking up the animus …
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Faith and Reason
People have been dancing around the faith/reason duality for more than 2000 years. Aristotle worked out the rules of logic around 350 BCE, and Thomas Aquinas assumed the task of using them to prove the existence of God in the …
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