January 31, 2017

How PETA wastes its funds

http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/30/peta-demands-games-workshop-remove-fur-pelts-from-/

"The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals affiliate in London is asking developers at Games Workshop to ban animal furs from its Warhammer 40,000 board game."

That money could be going to actually help animals but they'd rather spend a $30M budget on crap like this.

January 21, 2017

Leaked copy of GOP Plan to replace ACA

I found a leaked copy of the upcoming GOP bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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An Act
To Repeal the Affordable Care Act and Ensure Better Health Care for All.

Section 1. NAME. The Affordable Care Act shall now be known as the "Repeal Obamacare And Replace Act" (ROAR Act).

Section 2. Enactment. It will now be great.

January 3, 2017

The most disheartening Geographic data I've seen in a long time.

Recently the New York Times ran a piece about the cultural divides in America. (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/26/upshot/duck-dynasty-vs-modern-family-television-maps.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1) It featured a lot of maps. Most of it was moderately interesting and somewhat revealing but there was one map that left me disheartened and depressed. It was this map;



This map shows the viewership of mythbusters. When you look at it you should notice that viewship is extremely low all across the south. Living in TX this confirms something I already know. People in Texas and across the south don't understand what science IS. I'm not talking about being able to accurately describe theory of natural selection or the big bang or debating whether or not the Food Babe is right. Those are scientific topics, not science.

Mythbusters is one of the best science shows ever because it demonstrates the scientific process over and over. Theory -> prediction -> Experiment -> Confirmation or Refutation. Set aside all the topics and knowledge that science has brought us and you are left with the process. People around me don't understand what science IS and because they don't understand what Science is, they think it's a competing religion.

Never have I wished more that the South and North were separate countries.