"Join me as I sit down with Rich Harwood, founder of the Harwood Institute, to explore groundbreaking insights from the Institute’s 2022 report, Civic Virus: Why Polarization Is a Misdiagnosis. Rich shares stories and strategies from his decades of work with communities across the country, offering a fresh perspective on how we can rebuild trust, foster collaboration, and create real change."
Human knowledge has progressed exponentially since the dawn of modern science. It is no longer reasonable to accept claims without sufficient objective evidence. The harm from religion, alternatives to medicine, conservatism, and all other false beliefs will be exposed on this blog by reporting the findings of science. This blog will also reinforce what should be the basics of education: History, Civics, Financial Literacy, Media Literacy, and Critical/Science Based Thinking.
Friday, December 20, 2024
The Key To Political Change: Educating Rural/Working Class Communities In Critical Thinking
"Join me as I sit down with Rich Harwood, founder of the Harwood Institute, to explore groundbreaking insights from the Institute’s 2022 report, Civic Virus: Why Polarization Is a Misdiagnosis. Rich shares stories and strategies from his decades of work with communities across the country, offering a fresh perspective on how we can rebuild trust, foster collaboration, and create real change."
Saturday, November 23, 2024
The History Of Modern Science
- The High Middle Ages: Some say that modern science began in 1277.
- The Italian Renaissance: Others believe that the Italian Renaissance was a rebirth of the sciences.
- The Scientific Revolution: This period is traditionally thought to have begun with the Copernican Revolution in 1543 and ended with Isaac Newton's Principia in 1687.
- The 17th century: Some say that modern science began in the 17th century when the world was examined more closely with instruments like the telescope, microscope, clock, and barometer.
No matter the EXACT date, it has been within humanity for several centuries and has advanced exponentially since the above. And yet, the majority of humanity has no clue about it.
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Conservatives Hate Education
Friday, September 13, 2024
Herd Mentality: Humanity's Achilles Heel
Friday, August 23, 2024
Documentaries: Some Are Fiction
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Why Can't The Majority Accept Expert Opinion?
Fact: Biden is ranked 14th in scholars' presidential rankings; Trump is last (link)
Fact: Trump is ahead in most of the latest polls (link)
Fact: Republican and MAGA voters vote against themselves, especially in the south (link)
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Thus, there is a need for universal education in Critical Thinking! (link)
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024
The Theory Of Stupidity
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Socrates And Democracy
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
The Need For Appealing To Emotions When Communicating Science
"Pretending the science is emotionless and apathetic is counterproductive to the very things that drove us to do the science in the first place. Although we should attempt to be aware of, and distance, our emotions from the objective, data-based analysis of our research, admitting and demonstrating our passions (and why we feel so passionate) is critical in distilling science into the general population. Science should be done rationally and objectively but driven by emotional characteristics such as wonder, curiosity, and fascination."
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Climate Change And The Details Of Science
"Many of the world's biggest problems require asking questions of scientists -- but why should we believe what they say? Historian of science Naomi Oreskes thinks deeply about our relationship to belief and draws out three problems with common attitudes toward scientific inquiry -- and gives her own reasoning for why we ought to trust science."
Click on the link below for the details of the best method to understand reality:
Thursday, December 28, 2023
An Excellent Tool For Teaching Critical Thinking To Children
Don't be put off by the title:
"The Sunday school teacher is out. Good thing a substitute is available: Satan!Directed by documentary filmmaker Zeke Piestrup (APOCALYPSE LATER: HAROLD CAMPING VS THE END OF THE WORLD) and produced by animation filmmaker Tim Johnson (ANTZ, OVER THE HEDGE, HOME)"
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
The Most Important Book I Ever Read
Thursday, November 9, 2023
The Republican War On Critical Thinking
Thursday, August 17, 2023
A Look At The Status Of Education In The USA
- Vocational/Trade Education is minimized.
- Many do not need a 4-year college education. It is overly expensive, with many majors not leading to liveable-wage employment.
- Civics needs to be more adequately presented.
- It should not be just one class in high school, it should begin in elementary school.
- Critical Thinking is essentially absent.
- Basic math (geometry, statistics, and algebra)
- Civics
- Critical thinking
- Reading (fiction; non-fiction)
- Writing
- Basic science (general physics, general biology, general chemistry)
- Basic US/world history
- Electives in prep for future: college; vocational/trade school
Thursday, July 6, 2023
A Tale Of Two Houses
Friday, February 10, 2023
An Example Of How To Handle Claims Even From The Credible
All of us are drowning in claims from very many sources. We are tempted to accept claims without scrutiny if the source has a good reputation in a pertinent field. Beau of the Fifth Column presents a simple tool to use even on reputable folks. Beau is using this claim as an example.
Click on the link below for details: