As someone that gets paid, or at least my employer gets paid, a tremendous amount of money, for me to come into a location to fix things (I have been dropped into war zones before to stabilize industrial sites), I am not surprised.

The fear of ‘the other’ is a pervasive and insidious problem. All the universe shows you that when you come together, you’re stronger. Stuff like ants, buildings, plastic, even atoms. That’s without looking at human constructs and concepts. Some people just don’t get that though. Some do, though, so there’s that.

Dude is smart. He wrote a scientific work in some sense with many points explored. Fantastic ideas and suggestions how to improve true diversity... I read it in full. But majority of whiny crowd didn’t get it. That’s what happens to smart people. Good he lives in our time and is not beheaded like other smart…

Jesus didn’t even exist.

I think the fuss boils down to: if Trump won’t even agree to a non-binding (and yeah, by some accounts largely symbolic) climate agreement, how can we possibly expect him to take any meaningful actions to combat climate change? Sure, deregulating energy companies and mining companies, and constantly and irrationally…

At this point, I’d be willing to bet money that any Bill and Ted movie will be a reboot and not a sequel.

Would Gizmodo please ask Hughes why launching a rocket to an altitude of 1800 ft yields better data than simply driving a car to the summit of a hill with say 2200 ft of altitude?

This isn’t to necessarily garner responses but I just needed to vent for a bit, and don’t know where else to do it.

I prefer to give women like this my attention.

Is this site always this full of bitter misogynists who are so threatened by women?

Skunk Anansie Fanclub Assemble!

“Yup, used to be an alcoholic (still am, albeit a non-drinking one).”

here is a simple test. Try to pause drinking for a month. See if you can do it. If you cannot do it, you have an issue. It might be a psychological or physical addiction but you have an addiction.

I think that’s materialism (which may be disproven as a religion, also). Buddhism, I think, is a reincarnation of consciousness, to live new lives.

Loved the interview. I don’t care if he occasionally is a grinch when it comes to sci-fi and the like —in my opinion Tyson has earned his place as Sagan’s heir as our chief science communicator. This is one of my favorite things ever:

Once you’ve seen the full glory of the Milky Way with your owns eye, you know how stupid, petulant and insignificant the human race acts every day and our problems are that of spoiled brats who constantly burn the house down.

Jesus Christ..... what a piece of shit.

We have instant access to almost all of the accumulated knowledge in human history, art, and science. Some people use this power to further build upon human achievement, many many more use it to waste time or spread misinformation. I think it’s an elitist thought, but it is very apparent that only a small fraction of…

I hope they send Melania and Donnie a save-the-date card, but never send an invitation.

As long as it’s all awesome, it doesn’t matter.