Question: The first and second laws of thermodynamics conspire to make perpetual motion impossible. But suppose you’re like me, and you like to examine claims like the one below and identify precisely where they fall apart. What’s the exact reason …
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What Is Education?
This is excellent. Reminds us of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s explaining, “We, on a good day, teach our kids what to think. But we don’t seem to realize how important it is to teach them how to think.”
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Judge: No Reasonable Viewer Believes Fox News Is Factual
From this article: A federal judge dismisses the defamation case against Tucker Carlson, concluding that he is not a provider of “the news” as we know it, or “facts” as we commonly understand them, and his audience knows this.
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COVID Karma
We see stories like this all the time. If COVID-19 deaths were limited to those who have behaved stupidly and maliciously, I think we’d all be fine with that. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Science and the U.S. Presidency
Question: For the first time in its history, Scientific American is endorsing a candidate for the U.S. presidency. In what year was the magazine first published? Who was president at the time? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
COVID-19 Vaccine Time Line
Could someone please explain something to me? How does a president, any president, “rush out a vaccine?” Obviously, there standard medical protocols that gauge safety and efficacy. Who in the hell would get a vaccination that the scientific community as …
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Studies on COVID-19 Can Be Bogus: Let’s Do Some Math Anyone Can Do To Identify Them
We see a great number of “studies” that purport to show that COVID-19 is far more benign than we’re told, in an apparent attempt to prove that the government is lying to us about the actual stats related to the …
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Can One Have One’s Metaphysical Cake and Eat It Too?
Funny stuff. On top of everything else, she has “there” misspelled. While most people of science are non-religious, that’s not true of all. There are people who say that there is no conflict between faith and reason, though, frankly, it’s …
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Vanity Fair: Trump’s New Favorite COVID Adviser Thinks “Herd Immunity” Is a Good Idea
According to Vanity Fair: Trump’s new pandemic adviser is pushing a “herd immunity” approach to the coronavirus—a stance that has concerned health experts and underscored White House officials’ use of the coronavirus crisis to win political influence. Scott Atlas, a …
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Coal Going Away–Another Indication
According to the American Energy Society, in 2019, there were 38 days when US utilities got more electricity from hydroelectric, wind and solar generation than from coal. Through June 2020, there were 122 days when hydro, wind and solar out-produced …
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