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Would have been helpful if you could have added some actual journalism to this…tell us what we are seeing…talk us through each step/image…but no, you just lazily slap the images on the site and coo at how pretty they are…pointless.”
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The acceptance of the concept of “political correctness” is one of the greatest propaganda victories of conservative media in the last 20 years. I recommend checking out some of the descriptions of titles available from this publisher:
“The Politically Incorrect Guide™ to Darwinism and Intelligent Design
by Jonathan Wells
Paperback – (August 2006) – $19.95
Did you know…most textbooks on evolution are written by Darwinists with an ideological ax to grind? And scientists who try to teach about intelligent design are silenced? But fear not: Jonathan Wells, a microbiologist with Ph.D.s from Berkeley and Yale, unmasks the truth about Darwinism–why it is wrong and what the real evidence is. He provides all the facts you need to challenge the most closed-minded Darwinist. The Politically Incorrect Guide™ to Darwinism and Intelligent Design reveals falsehoods about Darwinism being taught in public schools, persecution of university scientists who see good evidence for intelligent design, the guesswork that founded the famous “ape to man” species chart, and more!”
“The Politically Incorrect Guide™ to Women, Sex, and Feminism
by Carrie Lukas
Paperback – (May 2006) – $19.95
Since the Feminist Revolution, women have climbed the corporate ladder, sent their kids to daycare, and struggled to balance work, family, and the redefinition of gender roles. Many unexpectedly learned the hard way that “having it all” comes at a steep cost—something the feminists never told them. “Feminist groups like to pretend that women can have it all without sacrificing time with families—this is FALSE and most women know it,” claims Carrie Lukas, vice president for policy and economics at the Independent Women’s Forum, contributor to National Review Online, and author of the latest installment of the bestselling series, The Politically Incorrect Guide™ to Women, Sex, and Feminism. Lukas clears the air, busts the myths, and provides the best (but usually suppressed) research on the most important issues young women face, so that women can make better decisions about their families, careers, and futures.”
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from I Heart Chaos, via io9
Fall Into the Uncanny Valley With Your Own Robot Double
I gave you guys some gift ideas before, but if you are still looking to get me a christmas present, one of these will do just fine. Make sure you get on it soon, though, because the company is only offering to make two.
This guy makes artwork out of common household objects, inspired by scientific & biological concepts. Pretty nerdy and awesome!
The Blob Attacks New Zealand — For Breast Cancer!
I don’t care what the article says about tumors and breast cancer- that is a giant set of nuts. This anti-cancer story was probably cooked up by New Zealand after they realized that they’d been teabagged en masse.
PS- who wrote this article? io9 is a great website but this reads like a small-town tabloid.
I’m sure you’ve all heard by now, but let’s just take an extra moment to revel in that headline. “NASA To Bomb The Moon”. Ahhhhh. Feels good, doesn’t it? A kind of swelling in your heart, perhaps the sting of tears welling up in your eyes? It makes one proud to be an American (assuming you are American- if not, tough luck, maybe your country can bomb the moon some day). This is undoubtedly the most awesome science news of the year. This will help you figure out how to watch the moon-bombing live; here are some locations where you can go to watch with other people. Sadly, none of them seem to be near where I live. Nevertheless, I am super, super psyched that we are bombing the moon.
Which brings us to this Huffington Post article. I notice that the article is tagged as comedy, and so I will say that hopefully this is a satirical piece. If so- well done. You certainly fooled me. I’d like to believe this is satire, because this article is one of the most staggeringly ignorant anti-science pieces I’ve ever had the displeasure of reading.
“The size of the explosion will be equal to that of 1.5 tons of TNT and will release 772,000 pounds of lunar dirt into a 6.2 mile high spray of debris, NASA’S own version of shock and awe, in a purported experiment to see if any ice or water is released. I’m just wondering, who signed the paper? Who did the risk assessment? I mean, what if something goes wrong?
I’m guessing people at NASA did the risk assessment. Scientists usually spend their time calculating boring things like that.
“I could say something scientifically lame and ask, “What if it gets thrown off its axis?” or something funny and suggest something (that I actually sort of believe), like, “What if it somehow throws off the astrology?” Or that we’re not risking — as we have the earth with continued experiments of this kind — sending the solar system out of balance.”
UGH JESUS DO YOU EVEN HAVE ANY FUCKING CLUE WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
“The irony is that one of the purposes of the experiment is to assess whether there is any water on the moon and is it worthwhile to send another manned mission to the moon. If we’d just send up two guys with a bucket and shovels, we wouldn’t have to bomb the moon at all.”
Yes, we could risk the lives of two living human beings (and I assume that manned spaceflight is significantly more expensive than sending a bomb into space), or we could risk harming no one and nothing. Either way.
“I’m not a big fan of explosions, anyway. In Iraq or Afghanistan or the South Pole of the Moon. But who does have a territorial prerogative there?”
This statement is so incredibly stupid it hurts me just to look at it. Where else aren’t you a fan of explosions? In the engine of your car? On the Fourth of July? On a movie set? Are you just against the concept of combustion in general?
“If we think there is water there, how do we know we’re not affecting some life form, as well? It sort of reminds me of two kids in a backyard with a firecracker that they don’t really know how to set off.”
Except, you know, it’s actually the opposite of that situation. Two kids with a firecracker and FUCKING NASA are about as far apart, in terms of calculation and skill involved, as possible. Thanks for slandering our nation’s scientists, you moron.
“It’s causing great excitement in the astronomy sector. NASA is running a live broadcast on its website (wonder if they’re selling ads).”
I dunno, I wonder too. Maybe you could figure it out, since you’re writing a column about this. Or not, you could just throw that out there and create the idea in people’s minds that NASA is doing this as some kind of for-profit enterprise.
“Well, I for one, don’t like explosions. Call me a pacifist, call me cautious, call me an environmentalist, or call me something worse, I don’t really care.”
I’m glad you don’t care, because I’m going to be calling you much worse things every time I hear your name from now on. Oh also by the way being against this experiment doesn’t make you either a pacifist or an environmentalist.
The more I think about this, the more I’m convinced that this isn’t some terrible joke, and that this columnist is the living, breathing embodiment of a liberal stereotype as dreamed up by the staff of the National Review Online. Thank you, Amy Ephron, for cheapening the causes of science, environmentalism, pacifism, logic, and rational discourse!
BONUS:
Taken from Amy Ephron’s shitty “Save the Moon” twitter page!
“rt @valerieallenpr any one know what is going on with the fighter jets in SF today. @drdrew wants to know…”
Thanks for your question, Dr.Drew! It’s called fleet week, it fucking sucks, it’s all over the news, and you are a jackass.
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