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calimary

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9. Wonderful account! Thank you for posting this, question everything!

Sun May 18, 2014, 01:35 PM

May 2014

I love Neil deGrasse Tyson! He's quite literally a GIFT! A GIFT to this time through which we are slogging, with the human balls 'n' chains around our ankles trying to hold us back.

I cringe for our country.

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America dumbs down [View all] marmar May 2014 OP

SMH at the willful ignorance of many... Wounded Bear May 2014 #1

Well said. Louisiana1976 May 2014 #29

This is not new. elleng May 2014 #2

Yes. US-UK culture has been dumbing down for decades now... Ghost Dog May 2014 #14

It Only Gets Worse Over Time. We Are Even Losing All Of Our Progressive Radio. TheMastersNemesis May 2014 #3

This is true and needs more exposure newthinking May 2014 #11

Tis true. n/t defacto7 May 2014 #55

It's a test! Bernardo de La Paz May 2014 #4

LOL marmar May 2014 #5

.... Louisiana1976 May 2014 #30

If your God is Loki, it makes perfect sense. tclambert May 2014 #45

Last week we listened to a presentation by Neil DeGrasse Tyson question everything May 2014 #6

Great post! Thanks. Put it in your journal. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2014 #8

Wonderful account! Thank you for posting this, question everything! calimary May 2014 #9

In full agreement with that! MrMickeysMom May 2014 #12

You mean a gift as a TV showman, right? Ghost Dog May 2014 #18

And beyond! calimary May 2014 #26

I can agrre with you completely here, calimary. Ghost Dog May 2014 #27

Not sure about Vulcan anatomy, Ghost Dog, but I do know that the human heart hangs to the left. calimary May 2014 #33

Nice one. Ghost Dog May 2014 #37

hear, hear!! Well said. mountain grammy May 2014 #53

It'd be nice to have the bell curve on our money mathematic May 2014 #15

Thank you for posting this. Wonderful read. DamnYankeeInHouston May 2014 #19

Thanks. Interesting snippet on the naming of stars Ghost Dog May 2014 #21

Please allow me to add,as regards the 'Hmmm...'... Ghost Dog May 2014 #43

He covers a lot of that in this AWESOME talk from the Beyond Belief sessions: arcane1 May 2014 #28

I'm confused. Are you saying the Germans are correct to go back to the Roman system muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #36

Yes. I thought that re. Italian (& Belgian & French) science/technology/engineering Ghost Dog May 2014 #38

He tried to point our ignorance as far as numbers question everything May 2014 #51

I don't suppose smallcat88 May 2014 #40

"I've changed my view 360 degrees".... Well, to give him credit ... eppur_se_muova May 2014 #48

Great article. I particularly liked the part about "folks" obxhead May 2014 #7

K&R WorseBeforeBetter May 2014 #10

.....sheeze..... Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #13

New Republican logo Bernardo de La Paz May 2014 #34

Leaving the brains behind fits the best. Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #39

Forget the elephants smallcat88 May 2014 #41

That would be first column, fourth down. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2014 #49

which is why i say that, contextually, the US is the dumbest country on the planet. KG May 2014 #16

In 1920, H. L. Mencken wrote Fortinbras Armstrong May 2014 #72

I always thought Strom Thurmond was the South Carolina state fossil Tom Ripley May 2014 #17

.... Louisiana1976 May 2014 #31

So old... AnneD May 2014 #58

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #20

Applied science (ie. technology) deals with stuff that has been shown to work... Ghost Dog May 2014 #25

The dumbasses VA_Jill May 2014 #22

+1 million Louisiana1976 May 2014 #32

du rec. xchrom May 2014 #23

Recommend... Media Takeover by the Think Tanks, Business Interests, Military Mindset. KoKo May 2014 #24

Read the short story "The Little Black Bag" by Cyril M. Kornbluth. It's a Night Gallery TV episode. Bernardo de La Paz May 2014 #35

Rachel Maddow smallcat88 May 2014 #42

"If ignorance is contagious, it’s high time to put the United States in quarantine." valerief May 2014 #44

A desperate religion becomes more extremist as it feels members slipping away NightWatcher May 2014 #46

You should Berlin Expat May 2014 #68

I think this is a case of dumbing up for S. Carolina. McCamy Taylor May 2014 #47

President of Hobby Lobby has a 4-year Bible curriculum being introduced in Oklahoma High Schools. blkmusclmachine May 2014 #50

I will never understand... 3catwoman3 May 2014 #52

Here's a fossil for you... nikto May 2014 #54

You wouldn't think so the way people talk down here. Rozlee May 2014 #60

They sound as if they are, "Soul-Dead" nikto May 2014 #63

Keep 'em ignorant. Keep 'em in debt. Beartracks May 2014 #56

No! Phlem May 2014 #67

Watch five minutes of the BBC... fujiyama May 2014 #57

Hmm kjones May 2014 #59

This is the third or fourth time for this "news" packman May 2014 #61

You posted an article written May 15 a month ago? marmar May 2014 #69

Old news packman May 2014 #70

Recommended! HuckleB May 2014 #62

Sad but true. Pennie109 May 2014 #64

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT May 2014 #65

and so does DU! Phlem May 2014 #66

KnR KansDem May 2014 #71

It would appear many Americans are oblivious to this Rosa Luxemburg May 2014 #73