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[S]cience is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time – when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.
The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.
— Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (New York: Ballantine Books, 1996) at p.32.
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[S]cience is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time – when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.
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Dear Photograph
Photography site with a twist. What an incredible idea! take a picture of a picture from the past in the present. Awesome.
Tagged awesome, photography
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TAM 9 from Outer Space!
The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) announces the 9th annual installment of The Amaz!ng Meeting (TAM), July 14-17, 2011 at the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa, Las Vegas, NV. This year’s speakers will include Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye (the Science Guy), Phil Plait, Rebecca Watson of Skepchik, Michael Shermer, Adam Savage of Mythbusters, […]
A Few Questions for Intuit from a Longtime User
A few questions for Intuit about their Quicken product(s): Could we please–please–have a new Quicken version for Mac? Quicken 2007 is really showing its age, and Quicken Essentials still sucks*. Pick one–doesn’t matter which–and make it both good and comprehensive.* While we’re at it, how about a Quicken version for iOS? Something I can sync with my […]
My take on the whole Mac Defender brouhaha
What strikes me as most ironic about this whole story is that it disproves the very premise upon which all the hoopla is based. The whole premise is that smug Mac users–and we are all smug, after all–are in for a rude awakening for ignorantly believing their system of choice is impervious to attack. We’ve […]
Tagged apple, bullshit, mac vs. pc
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Best Tweet(s) of the Day
People are making rapture jokes like there’s no tomorrow. I’d gladly give attribution, but I’ve seen numerous “authors” of this gem…
The Battle at F-Stop Ridge
Priceless short video by The Camera Store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada: In a short film directed and produced by Jordan Drake (our inhouse video expert), the team at TCS take the war of brands, formats, film, digital and everything else to F-Stop Ridge and battle it out. [via Chase Jarvis Blog]
Tagged gear, humor, photography
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Use a SmartPhone? Meet the Oona.
The Oona is a smartphone stand, but like no other I’ve seen. It’s simple, elegant, and will work with most any smartphone. I’ll be using mine with the iPhone 4, but it’s not just for iPhone users. Follow the link to KickStarter and watch the video. Looks like it does everything! Mark me down.
Tagged iphone, mobile, smartphone
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Cars 2
I love Pixar–truly. I’ve seen every Pixar feature film in theater on the big screen. It never ceases to amaze me how they are able to maintain such high standards; they continually set the bar for the rest of the industry. Granted, in the beginning, I was simply amazed at the animation, but Pixar gives […]
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White iPhone 4
Finally, indeed! I bought one. I love it. It rocks. Yada, yada, yada… Plus, as as added bonus, I finally get to do something with the iPhone 4 dock and bumper that I bought the day after the WWDC 2010 Keynote, that have just been sitting on a shelf for lo these many months!
Shit My Students Write
Teachers used to write books out of this material, now it’s blogs, but either way it’s still funny: The rebel and onion armies showed grose negligence by having many of their battles right inside national parks, like Gettysburg.
Tagged education, entertainment, humor
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