Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
This week I have three distinct climate updates … Let’s take them one by one. Oil giant ExxonMobile had very accurate predictions for climate change in 1970s If you dig a bit into the history of our modern understanding of climate change then one name that will pop up is James Hansen. In the1980s he … Read more
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
The concept of Freedom of Speech is well understood. Religious Discrimination is also something we should aspire to avoid, for example rejecting and being hostile towards people because they are Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, etc… What happens when these conflict, how do you square that circle? The specific example I have in mind concerns a recent … Read more
Rep Taylor Greene tweeted a clip and used some Dr. Dre music within it. It was his hit song “Still D.R.E.”. It was her attempt to celebrate Kevin McCarthy’s election as speaker of the US House of Representatives. Naturally she did not ask for permission, she simply stole it. If Dr. Dre leaned politically to … Read more
While most people do accept the reality that we live in a warming world, some still do not. That is inevitable because the oil and gas industry has an ever abiding motivation to keep their lights on by persuading us to keep our lights on exclusively via their product. If indeed you have doubts about … Read more
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics