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Tag Archives: Science
with luck, balls are better than brains
The U.S. was founded on two racist principles: the system of slavery, the source of much of its wealth (and England’s too), and the need to rid the national territory of Native Americans, whom the Declaration of Independence explicitly describes as “the merciless Indian savages,” and whom the framers saw as barring the expansion of the “superior” race. Immigrants were supposed to be basically “Anglo-Saxon,” in accord with racist myths of the founding fathers that persisted through the 19th century. Continue reading
Posted in History, Podcast
Tagged America, Christopher Columbus, geography, History, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Science, Tennessee
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Trump administration is anti-science
There is plenty of evidence that the Trump administration is anti-science. For example:
Posted in culture
Tagged climate science denial, culture, Donald Trump, political ideology, Pseudoscience, Science, United States
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Science, religion, and human behavior
Nietzsche famously said that there are not facts, only interpretations. The claim of science is rationality, but scientist are human, and therefore limited on the capacity to perceive reality objectively. The tool used by the scientific discipline to approach objectivity … Continue reading
The Nature of Reality
Posted in Buddhism, culture
Tagged Buddhism, perception, Quantum Science, Reality, Science, Theory of Relativity
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theory of evolution
Religious Groups’ Views on Evolution Updated February 3, 2014 Published on Dec 7, 2015 Zakir Naik fails to impress a young medical student with his lies about the true meaning of the term scientific theory, zakir then rage quits from … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, evolution, Islam, jokes, religion, Science, Technology, Zakir Naik
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Doomsday Dashboard
Doomsday Dashboard The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock face, representing a countdown to possible global catastrophe (e.g. nuclear war or climate change). It has been maintained since 1947 by the members of the Science and Security Board of the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, wikipedia, zeitgeist
Tagged Doomsday Dashboard, Nuclear weapons, Science
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Dis-Miss-ed
December 21, 2015 12:36 PM Miss Puerto Rico 2015 Destiny Velez, was suspended indefinitely by the Miss America Organization after she blasted out several anti-Muslim comments on Twitter. Velez was enraged by liberal filmmaker Michael Moore‘s protests in front of … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, evolution, Islam, Michael Moore, Miss Universe, Miss USA, poll, Puerto Rico, religion, Science, United States
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Climate Change is a Crime ~ The Art of Fooling Ourselves
The Paris Agenda: Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground, Auction Permits, Protect People October 29, 2015discussion, updatesMike Sandler Climate campaigners have adopted a slogan for the lead up to the international climate change conference (COP-21) in Paris this December: “Leave … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Brother, climate change, political ideology, propaganda, religion, Republicans, Science
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Feynman
Published on May 16, 2013 “Richard Feynman is one of the most iconic, influential and inspiring scientists of the 20th century. He helped design the atomic bomb, solved the mystery of the Challenger Shuttle catastrophe and won a Nobel Prize. … Continue reading
Posted in culture, research
Tagged Feynamn, patterns, puzzle, Science, The Space Shuttle Challenger
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The grokking eagle 