No wonder Trump supporters are pulling their hair out when they see the progress the Biden administration is making. Scarcely a day passes without something good happening for the American people–anything from controlling the pandemic, to reducing cruelty to children, …
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Truth and Politics Have Long Since Parted Ways
I wrote yesterday in my post Applying Logic To Politics that someone had just sent me a meme he’s published to the effect Biden is killing the economy, as evidenced by the rising unemployment numbers. But all unemployment numbers fell …
Applying Logic To Politics
Apparently, almost no Republicans are concerned about their party’s abrupt shift from conservatism to delusion. A friend and I talked about this the other day, during which discussion she said that progressives don’t have a lock on truth. This, of …
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Anti-Vaxxers and the Glorification of Stupidity
Here’s a Facebook post of an old friend. I guess that means she’s an anti-vaxxer. And probably believes the pandemic is a hoax? So sad. Even worse that she advertises it. It’s bad to be ignorant; it’s worse to be …
Ridding the World of Mosquitoes: Quite a Challenge
A Brilliant College Student (shown below) Builds a Device To Rid The World of Mosquitoes. I like the claim here: “ridding the world of mosquitoes.” And I love how all these wonderful new devices are coming out of brilliant young …
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Our Anti-Science Nation
The rejection of science is a phenomenon that lies at the core of many of the most challenging issues in our world today. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are impeding our efforts to control the pandemic. Congressional climate deniers are hampering our …
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Carl Sagan Didn’t Suffer Fools Gladly
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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