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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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The Assassination of Clint Eastwood by the Coward Mitt Romney
Tom Scocca writing at Slate: Is there anyone this campaign won’t sell out? The Mitt Romney campaign had two things to convey about the candidate at the Republican convention: his steadfast likability as a human being, and his hyper-competence as an executive. Whatever progress they made on either front was gone by Friday afternoon, as […]
Clint Eastwood Speaks at Republican Convention
I love Clint Eastwood; truly, he is an extremely talented artist. Furthermore, I’m not one of those people who get hung up on the political, or religious, leanings of actors, musicians, etc. For example, I still see most every Tom Cruise or John Travolta movie even though the most sane parts of Scientography are every […]
Superman, Wonder Woman lock lips to become DC Comics’ true power couple
Associated Press: PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wonder Woman and Superman are an item, locking lips in a passionate embrace as the pair realize that there’s no one out there like them. The couple’s kiss is the culmination of a dramatic story in “Justice League” No. 12, which marks the first full year since DC relaunched its […]
Why Glengarry Glen Ross’ Alec Baldwin scene is so unusual
My wife and I re-watched Glengarry Glen Ross this past weekend, and I am always struck by the Alec Baldwin scene. Alec Baldwin only appears in Glengarry Glen Ross for something on the order of five or six minutes, but arguably, his scene not only makes the whole movie, but he turns in perhaps the […]
Potliquor and what it tells us about iTunes
For anyone who still doubts the breadth and depth, or value, of iTunes, I present for your consideration the iTunes Artist Page for Potliquor. This small southern rock band from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, whose heyday, if you can call it that, was in the early 70s, is now on iTunes. So obscure is this band, […]
The Day the Music Died
Wikipedia: On February 3, 1959, a small-plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, killed three American rock and roll pioneers: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson. The day was later called The Day the Music Died by Don McLean, in his song “American Pie”. […]
Kevin Smith’s The Bionic Man continues to impress
Yes, fine–I’ll concede that we’re only two issues into this series, but honestly, perhaps the best thing I can say about any comic book is that it entertains me, keeps my attention, has good artwork, and keeps me wanting more. That certainly describes The Bionic Man, at least for me.
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Kevin Smith’s The Bionic Man #1… is it Wednesday yet?
I’ve been eagerly anticipating the release of this comic for several months now. According to comiXology, it drops tomorrow! Publisher Dynamite Entertainment describes the first issue thusly: Steve Austin is back and acclaimed film maker Kevin Smith unleashes his high octane vision in this new series from Dynamite. Featuring 28 pages of story/art in an […]
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Jay Mohr’s “Mohr Stories” podcast is awesome
To anyone who knows me, it’ll come as no surprise that I’m a big Kevin Smith (@ThatKevinSmith) fan, and a fan of the SModcast Network. I’ve been regular listener to SModcast since episode 3 dropped back in 2007 and have, over the years, become more-or-less addicted to six other SModcast podcasts, Plus One and Jay […]