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Reposted from Dr. Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. Posted on September 11, 2019 by curryja | by Dr. Paul Viminitz Of the things I care most about, AGW is near the bottom. But because, as George W. Bush put it, either you’re...

Pink fried chicken? We’re all for advancing breast cancer research, but it’s sickening how some corporations are playing up to the public’s desire to find a cure by turning all of their products pink this...

I love Cory Doctorow, he is very insightful, and manages to cram an awful lot of information into each sentence.  Watch this twice.

The argument of this video is basically that charity is a symptom of a problem with capitalism. I have been thinking a lot about the problems with capitalism, and how we can fix them. This video doesn’t give an answer,...

Watch it a couple times, pause it and think…great video.

“I thought, on the train, how utterly we have forsaken the Earth, in the sense of excluding it from our thoughts. There are but few who consider its physical hugeness, its rough enormity. It is still a disparate monstrosity,...

Long time author and contributor to The Sietch Keith, has landed himself in a very nice video. Check it out. From the video description: Peak Moment 175: What kind of life do you want, and what are you willing to do to...

I really miss Carl some days.

This is truly a big idea, and I think Sam Harris makes a good argument that YES, one day science might be able to help us answer moral questions. This talk is fascinating in its implication, and contains a lot of ideas....

I can’t think of a better way of explaining how free speech works. Philip Pullman, addressing an audience at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, was asked about whether his latest book, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel...

I have been fascinated with the power of games to change the world since I was in college, and more and more I am happy to see that some very smart people are starting to take these ideas seriously...

Seems the many efforts by school boards in Texas to get creationism taught in schools is paying off… (via) Every single thing about this world is moving towards a society in which, to be successful, you need to well...

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” - Edith Wharton

There is a lot going on here, but I liked it. full transcript below. THE PRESIDENT: Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the...