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In reply to the discussion: The problem [View all]jtuck004
(15,882 posts)33. Yeah, that's it. And they are working so well
That measurement part - maybe they are just hot air. Great for the self-righteous to trumpet, not so good in practice perhaps.
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I hope I dont get Neil in a lot of trouble here, but I think he is God. Yeah, the real God.
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#5
If you listen to NPR and watch PBS in the rural South they think you're a gay commie Al Queda spy
coldmountain
Jun 2013
#26
What breaks my heart about about America is the growth of willful ignorance
coldmountain
Jun 2013
#24
Nice, but what are we doing to work toward a solution? I can find a thousand opinions about
jtuck004
Jun 2013
#23
If you're not finding solutions, it is only because you are not looking for them. Dr. DeGrasse-Tyson
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#32
Are you're saying that you lack the capacity to learn because you're old?
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#48
To nitpick just a little - I love Neil - but it's not that adults nowadays don't know science. I'd
Nay
Jun 2013
#42
Stupid stands out when set next to intelligent. They don't like that so they attack.
L0oniX
Jun 2013
#43
True; my point was, though, that 'stupid' used to be ashamed of being stupid/ignorant, and
Nay
Jun 2013
#44
You're right, it isn't. Today the stupid/ignorant are fiercely proud of it and will go to
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#55
ABSOLUTELY correct. TOO MANY ADULTS don't know what science is, how it works, or what it means.
patrice
Jun 2013
#45