Carl Sagan died in 1996. Maybe it’s good that he couldn’t see what the United States looks like now. We don’t dabble in stupidity. We bathe in it. We elect it president. We have a cult of 74 million voters …
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Americans’ Rejection of Science Has Horrific Consequences
Life in the United States changed radically over the past few years. In particular, many Americans’ respect for science has been replaced with the conviction that scientists are corrupt, and have been cajoled into conspiring with the government to eliminate …
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We Are All Connected
Not surprisingly, Santa Barbara is home to a group called Friends of Carl Jung. Famous for his theories of the collective unconscious, myth, and the archetypes they contain, Jung is among the most important supporters of the idea that we …
Cognitive Biases and a General Failure To Think
A friend sent me an anti-vaxxer piece today, marvelling at how “well-researched” it was. Yes, it comprised 20 pages of “facts” surrounding big pharma, falsified test results, how vaccines have resulted in disease and death, etc. But where does all …
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Progress Under Biden Includes Restoration of Science
Glenn Doty notes: Thank God. This could not be more critical. The only other thing that I could have asked is that the former members of the board be fully and deeply audited and if any bribery occurred (almost certain), …
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Pandering To Morons
Cruz isn’t an idiot, but he sure does pander to idiots. Another fine example of demand creating its own supply. As long as there are people stupid enough to believe this, there will be people like Cruz ready to feed …
Signs of the American Education System in Decline
Filed under the heading: “Would be funnier if it weren’t so tragic,” or “One reaps what one sows.” What we’ve sown is a terrible public educational system that, due to underfunding, is getting worse each year. What we’re reaping is …
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Warning: Vulgar Slang Here–“Pissant”
At left is a brief excerpt from Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle. Vonnegut doesn’t have quite the appeal to me that he held in my teens, but I still admire his sardonic wit, his observations that people are both stupid and …
We’re Never Absolutely Certain, But We Really Don’t Need To Be
Descartes told us that the only thing of which we can be certain is that the statement “I exist” is true every time we pronounce it or conceive it in our minds. In our real-world lives, however, no one needs …
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Boys’ Thoughts
Like all decent people, I’m a feminist. But I’m also a man of science, and the statement at left is simply incorrect biologically. Boys’ thoughts are often driven by girls’ bodies; it’s a scientific fact, and it has no moral …
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