Category Archives: Education

Teen’s DIY Energy Hacking Gives African Village New Hope | Wired Science

A little creativity goes a long way. I read this story about a Malawi teenager who built some windmills based off of some pictures he saw. Basically, he’s now powering the essential services in his town.

We’ve got a nation full of conservatives who hate and fear science and wonder why their kids are idiots who think Jesus rode a dinosaur on a planet only 6,000 years old when they’re having unprotected anal sex when they aren’t scratching all their STD scabs. Meanwhile, this kid creates a veritable energy conglomerate in the Third World using his mind. And you wonder why the rest of the world is kicking our ass.

Here’s a kid who couldn’t even afford school, self-taught himself at the library and made a difference in his community.

Meanwhile in Texas, Rethugs are too busy removing the word “democracy” from the textbooks to realize how poor our educational system is.

But, hey, kudos to this kid. Well, he’s in his 20s now, but he’s still trying improve life for his community.

Here he is getting interviewed on The Daily Show.

Could Texas’ Gingrich-Based High School History Curriculum Go National? | TPMMuckraker

Ah, here we go.

THIS is why the racists and thugs don’t want America’s children to hear the President speak. They are too busy trying to subvert the content of schoolbooks to teach kids how to be hate-filled bigots and racists to have to explain how an articulate black man can lead this nation. It would be contrary to everything written in the new Mein Kampf Lite primers they are trying to get approved.

Arizona is 6000 years old? | Discover Magazine

Recently I brought up a couple stupid legal moves in Arizona. Now I know why this happens there.

Some numskull Republican mentions – twice – that the Earth is 6,000 years old. Look, believe whatever you want to, but please do not develop public policy when your belief system flies in the face of proven science.

As pointed out in the article, the irony is that the legislator is arguing in favor of uranium mining. You know, uranium, the element used to prove the Earth is billions of years old? Maybe she wants it all mined so that we lose the proof of our science? I don’t know.

Creationists and politics should not mix. Much like creationism and education should not mix. Or apparently Republican politicians and ethics and morality.

Here’s the video.