07 MAR 2015 by ideonexus

 Biocides

These sprays, dusts, and aerosols are now applied almost universally to farms, gardens, forests, and homes—non-selective chemicals that have the power to kill every insect, the "good" and the "bad," to still the song of birds and the leaping of fish in the streams, to coat the leaves with a deadly film, and to linger on in the soil—all this though the intended target may be only a few weeds or insects. Can anyone believe it is possible to lay down such a barrage of poisons on the surface ...
Folksonomies: environmentalism
Folksonomies: environmentalism
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03 JAN 2011 by ideonexus

 Reading the Music of Science

Is nobody inspired by our present picture of the universe? The value of science remains unsung by singers, so you are reduced to hearing--not a song or a poem, but an evening lecture about it. This is not yet a scientific age. Perhaps one of the reasons is that you have to know how to read the music. For instance, the scientific, article says, perhaps, something like this: "The radioactive phosphorus content of the cerebrum of a rat decreases to one-half in the period of two weeks." Now, what...
Folksonomies: science ionian echantment
Folksonomies: science ionian echantment
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People aren't amazed by scientific discovery because, maybe, they don't understand it.

01 JAN 2010 by ideonexus

 Insane Clown Posse Hates Scientists for Explaining Magnets

fucking magnets, how do they work? I don't want to talk to a scientist, ya'll MF lying and getting me pissed
Folksonomies: irrationalism
Folksonomies: irrationalism
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A bizarre lyric from the song "Miracles," which starts off sounding like spiritual naturalism, but then become blatantly anti-enlightenment.