Starlord

Science 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, from Demon-Haunted World (1995)

One of Sagan's mentors....

Oh good, more social media.

Hearing reports that Nathan Fillion will finally get to play a Green Lantern in Gunn's new Superman movie...and it's Guy Gardner!

I am hearing that one of the not-so-well-known disagreements in the Writer's strike involves AI script writing....

A complete reset is definitely called for...the culture has to be totally broken down and recreated

Yikes, Xanth is a dangerous place....

That's the trouble with quibbles.

Senator Tuberville doesnt seem to understand what a white nationalist is.... From Merriam-Webster pluralwhite nationalists : one of a group of militant white people who espouse white supremacy (see WHITE SUPREMACY sense 1) and advocate enforced racial segregation

Very clever...you spelled 'was' incorrectly to see if we were paying attention to your post about paying attention. Very clever indeed.

https://abc7chicago.com/northwestern-football-hazing-university-pat-fitzgerald/13481654/

Some folks will probably like these posts, but I prefer dry humor.

Umm...Elle de la Cruz stole 2nd, 3rd and home in the same inning tonight. Nuff said.