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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

"Know Nothing" Simplification Of The Complexity That Is

Citizen Know Nothing, image of the Know Nothing party's nativist ideal
The Know Nothing Party's Nativist Ideal

The American Party: Know Nothing Nativism And Opposition To Catholic Immigration
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-american-party-no-nothing-nativism.html
Like the Pharisees, the Know Nothings are always with us.

Alan: The following post reveals the complexity of a socio-political situation that "the aggressively ignorant" are incapable of analyzing (or believing). 

Lacking intellectual rigor and by virtue of their bone-deep ignore-ance, Know-Nothing conservatives are incapable of fathoming the significance of peer-reviewed science - not a flawless mechanism but the best tool we have for refuting the presumed superiority of witless "common sense."

State Of Things Community Forum: "Breaking The School To Prison Pipeline"

"Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge... It can tell us when w'ere being lied to. It provides a mid-course correction to our mistakes."
Carl Sagan


"The Danger Of Science Denial"
TED Talk by Michael Specter

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