I would describe what Rousseau said about himself here as “gutsy.” Most of us don’t want paradoxes in our mental lives; such “cognitive dissonance” as it is called is an uncomfortable phenomenon.
Category: Renewables – Science
If Humans Are So Intelligent, Why Are We Destroying Our Only Home?
The answer to Dr. Goodall seems to be that intelligence is only one of the characteristics that makes humankind unique on this planet. Into the soup, we need to add extra ingredients: especially greed and cruelty. From there, we can …
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PBS and NPR
While it’s true that PBS and NPR inform the viewer/lister, it’s not just evangelical Christians that have issues with this. More than 77 million people voted for Trump in 2024, and precious few of them want to see an American …
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The Price of Eggs
It’s hard to know exactly what Trump means when he says this, not that any sensible person believes a word he says. A price can’t fall more than 100%. If eggs were $7/dozen and they fell 100%, they’d be free. …
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Homophobia
What Jodie Foster says here about homosexuality is what I have believed since I was old enough to understand what this subject was all about. Homophobia is like hating people with red hair or brown eyes. It’s senseless. It’s hate …
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Correlation vs. Causation
When we look at the map at left, showing cardiac related deaths during 2013 compared to Waffle House locations, our immediate thought is that the fast food chain is causing cardiac arrest. And, given that they serve up mass quantities …
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The Big Bang(s)?
What Roger Penrose says here strikes me as credible. But keep in mind what the philosophers of science say: If there is no possible experiment that could disprove a theory, it’s not science at all, but rather religion.
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Government Cuts on Weather Forecasting Turn Deadly, As If This Were Unforeseen
Here’s a short video in which a local news meteorologist from Florida apologizes to viewers for his inability to predict weather, including as an example, the point and time at which a certain hurricane is going to make landfall. As …
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Does the Trump Administration Have Your Back?
From this story on Newsweek: FEMA employees were left bewildered during a Monday briefing after agency chief David Richardson remarked that he hadn’t known the U.S. had a hurricane season, according to Reuters, citing four sources familiar with the call. …
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What Did You Expect?
As the risk of appearing too cavalier on the subject of human health, we need to realize that this mess discussed at left should come as absolutely no surprise. We have a president who largely rejects science in general, and …
