This from Professor Michael E. Mann: Sagan rightly feared the “celebration of ignorance”. He didn’t quite anticipate, however, the *weaponization* of ignorance that we are now seeing. Carl Sagan predicted QAnon more than two decades ago: If you have never read the book, The Demon-Haunted World is well-worth your time.
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Politics and its Discontents: The Closing Of The American Mind
One could convincingly argue that the American mind has been closed for quite some time. Nonetheless, recent legislation in Florida ensures a tighter seal as it seeks to further limit the capacity for critical thinking. School teachers in Florida’s Manatee county are removing books from their classrooms or physically covering
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: An Alternate Reality
With a pathological liar as its president, it probably does not come as a shock that many Americans live in an alternate reality. Promoted and cultivated endlessly by Donald Trump, their master, and spread wide by pernicious social media and house organs like Fox ‘News’ and One American News Network,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Canadians (And Pretty Much The Rest Of The World) Had Better Be Careful
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