Article argues that "[r]ather than simply crusading against ignorance, the defenders of science should also work closely with social scientists and specialists in public opinion to determine how to defuse controversies by addressing their fundamental causes." Article here: http://bit.ly/c0OJYY
Monday, June 28, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Texas State Republican Platform Just as Bad as you Might Expect
Texas State Republican platform elaborates the desire to criminalize sodomy, have religious symbols (such as the Ten Commandments) on public lands, take away the voting rights of already disadvantaged groups (criminals), oppose Affirmative Action, and support "the sanctity of human life, created in the image of God". Link to document: http://bit.ly/anSKb9 "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Man who leaked video depicting US military murdering civilians is arrested
Man who leaked US military video depicting the military murdering Reuters journalists to Wikileaks is arrested (video commonly referred to as 'Collateral Murder; see video here: http://bit.ly/bZx8rK). As an Economist article (http://bit.ly/cm3aGA) explains: "The case is a reminder that Wikileaks is only as robust as the humans who use it."The Economist article goes into wonderful detail about the protection methods Wikileaks utilizes to protect those who leak documents to their website.The man was not arrested because of a failure of Wikileaks' privacy protection methods, but rather, because he boasted about leaking the information and was subsequently ratted out. See more about Wikileaks here: http://bit.ly/92OP9Z)
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