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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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Have you noticed?
Have you noticed that most of the women who are against abortion are women you wouldn’t want to fuck in the first place, man? — George Carlin, A Place for My Stuff (1981). Some things never change…
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On this day, 6 years ago, the world lost Prince, and it’s been downhill ever since…
What the hell is wrong with Florida?
What the hell is wrong with Florida? — Jason Jones as Nate Parker, The Detour S1E10, “The Beach” (2016).
R.I.P. Gilbert Gottfried
Gilbert Gottfried, the stand-up comedian with the shrill voice known for his performances equal parts chaotic, clever and crude, has died after a long illness, his family announced Tuesday. He was 67. Damn.
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Will Smith shows true colors, hypocrisy at Academy Awards
I suppose congratulation are in order for Will Smith — not for the Oscar® he so clearly deserves for his amazing portrayal of Richard Williams in the 2021 film King Richard, but for his recent admission to the Joke Police, a subsidiary of the Thought Police. You’ve all seen the clip. Rock makes the G.I. […]
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And that’s all cowboying is
And that’s all cowboying is, all right? It’s you and a horse doing a job, trying like hell to not let the other down. — Taylor Sheridan as Travis, Yellowstone S4E4, “Winning or Learning” (2021).
Censoring an artist
Censoring an artist is the ultimate obscenity. — Bobcat Goldthwait, The History of Comedy, S1E8 “Politics Aside” (2017).
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There aren’t enough hours in the day
There aren’t enough hours in the day or judges on the bench to try all the cases brought against these men. The game has been rigged and the courts see it through. The trial is their right. But to bury you beneath the prison for forcin’ the judge and the DA to do their jobs […]
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R.I.P. Dusty Hill
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