I like the point this guy’s making. Alternatively, we can ban books that enable our kids to think critically, and remove our best and brightest teachers, resulting in the United States’ drifting down into deeper levels of ignorance and illiteracy, …
Category: Renewables – Science
We Ignore Science at Our Own Expense
Before he left us, Carl Sagan bemoaned our society’s lack of interest in science. “Our mainstream newspapers have daily astrology columns, but not even weekly coverage of breakthroughs in science,” he said. Were it not for its horrific consequences, this …
A Few Words on Nicola Tesla
Nicola Tesla was an enigmatic figure who, in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, played an important role in the development of the technology that made it possible for humankind to make use of electricity. And he didn’t get …
Can We Understand Human Consciousness?
Legendary quantum physicist Erwin Schrödinger said: “Consciousness cannot be accounted for in physical terms. For consciousness is absolutely fundamental. It cannot be accounted for in terms of anything else.” Quite a statement, but is it true? Certainly, humankind has made …
Tagged with: quantum physicist Erwin Schrödinger
Here’s a Clean Energy Start-Up I Don’t Recommend
Have you noticed the plethora of start-ups in the clean tech space advertising on social media platforms to locate seed capital investors? If so, you probably have noticed two things: The spokespeople for these budding enterprises speak completely understandable English, …
Here’s a Clean Energy Start-Up I Don’t Recommend Read More »
Could We Be Wrong?
Newsflash: Those who believe they have destroyed entire foundations of science that have been put into place over the millennia by doing “their own research online” are a million miles away from admitting any possibility that they could be wrong.
Tagged with: we could be wrong
Quaker Values Still Reign Supreme at Penn Charter
Upon my return from the 50th reunion of the William Penn Charter School class of 1973, my mother asked me if the institution’s Quaker tradition had changed over the years since I graduated. “I don’t believe so,” I began. “There …
Quaker Values Still Reign Supreme at Penn Charter Read More »
Tagged with: Quaker values
Why Tucker Carlson and Fox News Parted Ways: Another Failed Attempt at an Explanation
We’re all looking for reasons why Tucker Carlson got whacked from Fox News. Here’s yet another theory that doesn’t ring true. Reader Dolly Lindley notes about the video below: It occurred to me almost immediately when I heard about Tucker, …
Why Tucker Carlson and Fox News Parted Ways: Another Failed Attempt at an Explanation Read More »
Tagged with: world health system
More on America’s Three Political Parties
In a recent post I presented the concept that there are, for all practical purposes, three distinct political philosophies existing in the U.S. right now: progressives, traditional Republicans, and Trumpists. This is why the GOP is facing an uphill battle …
“I Did My Own Research”
The meme here is a good representation of how stupid people sound when the “research” they have supposedly conducted runs counter to the findings of science. It’s also a reminder that we live among people who honestly believe that American …
