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I must admit that since first hearing about string theory, many moons ago, I was highly skeptical and basically poo-pooed it. Ah, here we go… We don’t understand something, so we’re going to attribute some bizarre hypothesis… So yes, not a real fan. But today when I happened upon this this video, I nodded to its existence and thought, maybe, just maybe I’ll give it another chance. So, hats off to Astrum; you may slowly be bringing around a skeptic.

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I read an incredibly interesting article entitled, Kids Should be Taught to Think Logically. I couldn’t agree more. symbolic logic noun : a science of developing and representing logical principles by means of a formalized system consisting of primitive symbols, combinations …

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“We never landed on the moon.” “Climate change is a hoax.” “Vaccines are ineffective.” Our culture feels riddled with anti-science sentiment and there’s no one factor to blame or easy solution to address it. How did we get here and what effect is it having on scientists and their research? Dr. Paul Sutter, one of my favorites, breaks down the societal elements in play and interviews some of his contemporaries to get a sense of where we go from here.

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