Saturday, June 11, 2022

Real Estate Reality Shows Are Lying to You

 https://lifehacker.com/real-estate-reality-shows-are-lying-to-you-1849028260

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

How San Francisco Became a Failed City: And how it could recover

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/06/how-san-francisco-became-failed-city/661199/

When Scientific Minds Abandon Scientific Principles: The Mystery Behind Why My Grandfather Refused to Talk About Dinosaurs

https://thepulse.one/2022/06/08/when-scientific-minds-abandon-scientific-principles-the-mystery-behind-why-my-grandfather-refused-to-talk-about-dinosaurs/

The greatest enemies of science are scientists who refuse to debate their critics, and the scientists and politicians who use politics to stifle debate. “The science is settled,” they often say as they wave their credentials in your face or make reference to consensus. Of all the crimes against science, the worst is this phrase and these two anti-scientific arguments used to legitimize it. These chilling words extinguish the habit of independent thinking, they teach new generations that some questions are off limits, they tell others that careers and funding may depend on alignment with establishment views, they allow scoundrels to silence their critics, and they elevate scientific knowledge to the realm of faith, exempt from the burden of proof. This contemptible phrase, and the two anti-scientific arguments used to legitimize it, turn the discipline of science into a political exercise, empowering those spouting politically correct proclamations to function as a sort of Ministry of Truth with the power to tell others how to think and what to believe.

Perspective: The church was my escape from misogyny and violence: My childhood left me shot through with fear and shame. Good Latter-day Saints helped me heal

https://www.deseret.com/2022/6/7/23149268/perspective-the-church-was-my-escape-from-misogyny-and-violence-latter-day-saints-healing-trauma