@PlantRobinson Two years ago there was a nest of baby bunnies in my yard and whenever I came and went I would look to see if the bunnies were out. And one time I came around the corner and I saw a big hawk standing in the grass, closest I’ve ever been to a hawk. It had a bunny in its claws.
@TheAuthorGuy If we don’t test for global warming, there wouldn’t be any. No but seriously folks, the oils gas and coal industries think long term and have the cash to buy everybody.
If we hope to prevent the collapse of education, we must collectively affirm that the intellectual life is good in itself: that research, study, the reading of great books, enrich the soul. For decades we’ve been told knowledge is for losers, and now we’re reaping the results.
@h_e_p_56 Urologists and gastroenterologists, and all the specialists, really, jealously guard their turf. Like union workers. For example, colon polyps can be detected by radiological scans, but then the radiologists would get to make the money and not the gastroenterologists.
@TheRickWilson@MollyJongFast They also made fun of a USDA research project to create transgenic screw worm flies, which was an improved method to create sterile female flies. Sterile flies have been used for decades to eradicate screw worm flies, it’s what eradicated them from the entire United States.