Reg the Fronkey Farmer

Reg,

Speaking of astronomical hoaxes, I noticed from archives from 1938 newspapers that apparently no one in my locality in NC reacted hysterically to Orson Welles notorious broadcast. For that matter, there was no advertisement for the broadcast as far as I could see.

We do have a station in my area WBT 1110 AM who famously advertised that…[Read more]

Thanks, Reg!

Have a great week everyone!

RichRaelian wrote:

In my humble opinion the media is basis when it comes to reporting AI advancements its always in the negative and never in the positive.

Yeah, mass media especially because that’s what the masses watch. YouTube adds wider perspective, even though the masses still fall for click-baity headlines and controversy.

IMO, the fear of…[Read more]

Hello! In my humble opinion the media is basis when it comes to reporting AI advancements its always in the negative and never in the positive.I can’t go along anymore with that story that AI  and robots are going to either enslave or exterminate humanity that would be going in the wrong direction away from a paradism centered future.Where…[Read more]

Reg,

World of Woo: On endangering public morals!

Great story from The American Council on Science and Health!

An added absurdity to the drug laws: If a drug is classified under Schedule 1 and thus has “no approved human use,” no one is allowed to do medical research on the drug to find ways to eliminate the harmful effects of the drug and thus…[Read more]

Reading the Friendly Atheist article steered me to a positive story:

The joy of seeing a NASA official swear her oath on Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot”

Yeah, I know, calling abusing priests “brothers” is both both bothersome and creepy, but speaking as someone who grew up “in the fold,” Christianity is all about forgiveness and redemption, which is both its saving grace and its fatal flaw.

Thanks, Reg!!

“What I have found in my 60 laps of the Sun is that those who are most concerned about ‘attacks’ on their faith are those who doubt the reality of their faith in the first place. They are not at peace but in turmoil that they might be wrong – and believe only by forcing others to believe as they do are they somehow justified by the sheer number of…[Read more]

This is a great summary of old news, Jan 6, but current because Trumpism is still a serious threat. I like this particular presentation produced by Ravi Gupta, one of my favorite journalists  and commentators. It’s 10 minutes long.

(I’m sure the youtube warning is about cursing. Just click on “watch”.)