The goal of #science is to discover accurate information about how the world works
Accurate information is used in informed decision-making
Informed-decision making is critical to good #governance and policy-making
Begin with #reading#books on science
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This was particularly visceral and unleashed anger by Trump.. when asked for evidence of a Jan 6 “fedsurrection” and “rigged elections”
He cut off interview before presenting evidence
NEW BLOG ALERT: Who Wrote the Gospels
A lot of Christians believe that the Gospels were written by the authors Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. But the truth is there were all anonymously written, and it’s uncertain that any were written by the four authors adscripted to them.
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Friends — We need to talk about what's currently going on at CBS News.
“60 Minutes” — the most successful television news broadcast in U.S. history — is being dismantled before our very eyes. https://t.co/DJhOqm6yqu
HOLY SH*T, this parting statement by Scott Pelley is WILD:
"New management has instructed me to INJECT FALSEHOODS AND BIAS into a politically sensitive story. I've been told to include assertions that are unverified."
I bet he knows a LOT more, too. 🔥
Scott Pelley is the face of the highest-rated newsmagazine on TV, and every “60 Minutes” staffer in the room reportedly gave him a standing ovation after this exchange.
The idea that Bari Weiss can blithely fire him without also committing institutional arson is naive.
Pelley did this because he has integrity— but also because he has power.
The boomer generation will stop at nothing until our country is fully raped and destroyed.
A steady diet of Fox News, Facebook memes, and megachurch sermons brought us here.
Truly a disgrace
BREAKING: Reporter: “To what extent are Americans’ financial situations motivating you to make a deal? [with Iran]”
Trump: “Not even a little bit…. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation”
Trump on Iran War:
Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal?
Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation
The collapse of trust in science is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre, and destructive social contagions of modern times.
We fed billions, cured diseases and powered nations - yet people ran toward conspiracies instead.