A significant portion of our society here in the United States has always reveled in ignorance; the current pro-Trump, anti-science, white power crowd didn’t just pop up out of the ground. Maybe the only difference today is that this group …
Category: Renewables – Science
No One Is Stopping You From “Researching,” But It’s Important that You Know What That Means
Actually, you can ask any questions and consult any resources you like. The problem is that, given the sheer enormity of misinformation online, unless you happened to have training in whatever it is you’re researching, you’re more or less bound …
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Harmonious Norway
I grant that it’s not completely fair to look to Norway as an exemplar of what the United States should be doing re: taxation/wealth distribution, social services, and environmental responsibility. The Norwegians have a small, homogeneous population, abundant clean energy …
Stupidity in Canada Wasn’t Spontaneous Generation
One has to think that the meme here is on point. How could the mass stupidity and hatred we have in the United States wind up in Canada if they didn’t learn it from their neighbors to the south?
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Who Needs Education?
This is funny, until you think about it. Yes, we can remove the academics from school and replace them with practical or vocational studies like farming, carpentry, or, in this case, tax prep. But then we accelerate the dwindling spiral …
Why Americans Reject Science
Those wishing to know why present-day Americans are so vehement in their rejection of science, consider this piece from Bertrand Russell: “It is science that has destroyed the belief in witchcraft, magic and sorcery. It is science that has made …
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What Are We Teaching Our Kids?
Re: the question at left, Reader A replies: Maybe as an elective but not part of the main curriculum. Too few people use it. Reader B responds: Not true! MANY people use cursive writing! I know I still do. It …
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Our Rights Have Limits, But That’s a Hard Concept To Communicate To Dullards
It’s funny how people, I’m talking about good and intelligent people, persist in coming up with analogies re: regulations that help us deal with COVID. The goal, of course, is to help selfish morons understand that their rights are limited …
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My Dinner with Andre
The 1981 flick “My Dinner with Andre” represented a departure from traditional filmmaking across several different dimensions. No plot, no character development, no cinematography, no tension, and certainly no denouement. At the same time, it’s thoroughly worthwhile.
Automotive Engineering Breakthrough?
Here’s a story of some people who developed a product that plugs into a car’s cigarette lighter and enabled them to drive 3300 miles off a single tank of gas. They say, “Its fuel efficiency is off the charts!” Actually, …
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