From Wordsmith’s “A THOUGHT FOR TODAY”: Science does correct itself and that’s the reason why science is such a glorious thing for our species. -Nigel Calder (pictured), science writer (2 Dec 1931-2014)
Category: Renewables – Science
Explaining Our Sad Lack of Curiosity
Most people reading what Carl Sagan wrote here will blame our educational system, claiming, not completely without merit, that it stultifies the mind with rote learning required for good test scores, and that it cranks out conformists incapable of critical …
Buzzards and Their Significance
2GreenEnergy “headquarters” is in a rural part of Santa Barbara County, about 30 miles inland from the city itself, which is located on California’s central coast. Insofar as this area is sparsely populated, we have what one might expect in …
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The Cult of Ignorance
From this: A South Dakota nurse whose tweets went viral over the weekend says the hardest part of her job is convincing some critically ill patients that they really do have COVID-19. “Their last dying words are, ‘This can’t be …
What We Believe
In my post called “In Celebration of Science,” I tried to provoke a discussion on how we come to know things. In response, a reader notes: At least one component of deciphering the truth lies in being able to tap …
Will Mississippi “Succeed” from the Union?
OK, this guy is a boob. Fine. Like Mississippi succeeds at anything anyway. His presence in our world, however, raises an interesting question: What would have happened if Lincoln had simply told Jefferson Davis….
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In Celebration of Science
How do we come to know things? What information sources do we trust? These are important questions, since we live in a world so large and rapidly changing that we’re able to personally verify almost nothing we believe we know …
American Education Will Now Start To Improve, and It Couldn’t Have Happened Soon Enough
If I had to pick the aspect of a Biden presidency that I’m happiest to see, I guess I’d go with honesty. It’s not that Biden personally or Democrats generally are impeccably honest, but rather that what they’re replacing is …
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Trump: Doctors Profit from Over-Reporting COVID
How much is too much? When does it end? Rhetorical questions, to be sure. But here’s a real one: Given that the support of Trump from physicians is now essentially zero, how many constituencies are left?
Trump and COVID-19: A Catastrophe Built on Lies
Those trying to arrive at the truth behind what Trump is claiming re: COVID-19 will learn a great deal from the video here. Please take a few minutes and check out what a former CDC intelligence officer says about a …
