The Techological Stairway To Heaven?
"Let's spray chemicals in the clouds to stop global warming"The psychology that bubbles up when our collective lives are threatened (i.e. when we contemplate human extinction) is a bit different than...
View ArticleWe Are Riding Out The Sixth Mass Extinction?
The oceans are rising upA message is being generated from many, many different origins of information.The message now being generated is that the Sixth Mass Extinction is strongly under way,...
View ArticleThe Fruits of A Celebrity World of Illusion - 2
Inside the New Science of MotivationI. IntroductionIn the first post of this series we took a look at the book "Empire of Illusion" by author Chris Hedges.Today, we will take a look at another book...
View ArticleRaised by Animals
Dr. Frankenstein's Exit Strategy: Take Highway 61Psychologists of both the conservative as well as the liberal political realms can agree.Both are of the professional opinion that the idealized fantasy...
View ArticleMessage of Science & Religion - Western - 2
I. Introduction In today's post I will discuss aspects of a subject matter area where what seems to be the majority of scientists and religionists have found substantial agreement.That is the subject...
View ArticlePetroleum Civilization: The Final Chapter - Confusing Life with Death
"Oilandia: Capitol city of Petroleum Civilization"Some folks will say anything. For example, a government website exclaims that: "Renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass,...
View ArticleLooking Back on 2014: Posts I Could Not Complete
Hexagon: Inverse of NASA colors (see last image)There were quite a few posts I wanted to get to but had "writer's block" or blogger's block, and just could not "git 'R dun" for some reason.So, in...
View ArticleTime Keeps on Slippin' Slippin' Slippin' In From The Past
Time can be oddHow can that be?Scientists tell us that some things that civilization did 40 years ago, things that impact upon our climate system, are just today manifesting their impact to the damaged...
View ArticleSymbolic Racism: A Look At The Science - 8
Good Police ChiefToday I want to talk about some interesting cases which illustrate the various ways that people contemplate racism.These cases illustrate the fact that cultural trances associated with...
View ArticleOn The Origin of Genieology
The Selfish Genie: "I've got this."What your daddy and mommy were taught about genetics, like most oldskool mommy and daddy skoolin', is wrong.Don't feel bad, Charles Darwin knew nothing of genes, yet...
View ArticleThe Matrix of Plunder - 4
In the previous post we talked about how the old congress attacked pensions of workers and retired people in a serious way (& Mr. Preznit "compromised").The new congress (led by the right-wing) on...
View ArticlePetroleum Civilization: The Final Chapter (Confusing Life with Death) - 2
Today I want to mention and discuss a classic piece or two in the Guardian.I think that they are quite useful for revealing the intellectual problem Petroleum Civilization has with looking at ourselves...
View ArticleAgnotology: The Surge - 14
The Making and Unmaking of IgnoranceThe greatest ignorance took the form of a grandiose lie in the year 2014.Voters identified this bit of ignorance as “Climate change is a hoax” (The People Have...
View ArticleDredd Blog's Sixth Anniversary
Don't Taser me DawgYesterday was Dredd Blog's sixth anniversary.Here is what was said on the fifth anniversary:Wow that was fast.Thanks to all the readers of Dredd Blog who have made it another...
View ArticleThe Life and Death of Bright Things - 2
Up on the tight wireIn the first post of this series we considered the life and death of stars.Oddly enough, it is in their penultimate event when stars like our Sun attain their full size and...
View ArticleOn The Origin of Genieology - 2
Magic words: teleologyIn the first post of this series I discussed the myths about human genetics that are still perpetuated by an unaware science media.Today I want to zero in on one of the more...
View ArticleThe Ignoratti Preacher Says: "The Ice Age Cometh"
Scientist & melt-river, Greenland"See," say the ill-informed children of the preachers of the Oil-Qaeda mindset, "a cold ice age is approaching."I am talking about those who look at the photo to...
View ArticleNew Climate Catastrophe Policy: Triage - 11
Sea level rise "floats" all boatsBack in 2009, when I started this series with the first post, it was done in the vain hope that government would take note as others did (e.g. Green Economy Post).And I...
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