Why are today’s conservatives trying so hard to drive American education into the pavement? My parents were both lifelong Republicans, but they worked hard to put my brother and me through college. Now, that was the 1970s, long before the …
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That Darn Second Law of Thermodynamics
Most middle school kids know enough about science to understand that this idea can’t work in the real world, as for every Joule of energy you gain in the generator, you lost more than one Joule in the gas tank …
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Third or Fourth Grade Geology
I like it! We didn’t have enough stupidity, but now the inner core is outside of the core!
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Cold Fusion
Cold fusion. As an extremely senior scientist once told me: “It’s more related to seances than sciences.” I thought that was pretty clever.
Science and Religion
When we look back at the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, the dichotomy of science and religion actually made sense. The content of the Book of Genesis actually is in conflict with the theory of evolution. As shown at left, …
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Home/Plant-based Remedies
I’m sure all this at left is true. But almost all these home remedies were popular before the 20th Century, and, since then, science has kicked in, and global life expectancies have increased from about 30 to about 70. Causation …
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When the Social Media Post Starts with “Scientists Say…” Beware
The comments on the meme here seem to miss the point: it’s crap. The world’s oceans contain 97% of the planet’s water (321 million cubic miles), and enormous lakes, e.g., the Caspian and Black Seas and North America’s Great Lakes, …
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Science and Religion
What Neil deGrasse Tyson (supposedly) said at left isn’t true. The theory of evolution is about 170 years old. Science demonstrated that Earth is approximately 4.55 billion years old in 1956. There are still people who believe that Noah put …
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Here’s a “Science-based” Idea for You to Think About
Are scientist really testing these wind-powered pumps? No, not unless they lack a high school education in science. Suppose you want to cool your kitchen. How about opening the door to your refrigerator? You may respond: Oh, I don’t think …
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The First and Second Law of Thermodynamics Say a Great Big NO Here
There are grown-up people on this planet who believe that more energy can be pulled out of a system than we put into the system. This supposed hydrogen-powered Norwegian ship at left ostensibly: 1) Starts with seawater 2) Uses electricity …
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