by Larry Shultz | Dec 23, 2023 | E O Wilson, Ecology, Science
“We are drowning in information while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.” EO Wilson
by Larry Shultz | Dec 23, 2023 | Biodiversity, Botany, Ecology, Education, Physical Geography, US West
vegetation_1970_lg.jpg (3000×1984) (codex99.com) Note climate has changed since this map was produced. Also, there is a greater understanding of how Native Americans changed vegetation type by fire. LS
by Larry Shultz | Dec 23, 2023 | Democracy, Education, Science
Florida says school libraries have right to remove LGBTQ books (tallahassee.com) 673 books removed from OCPS classrooms, analysis shows (mynews13.com) Asked what “woke” means more generally, [Desantis’ General Counsel Ryan] Newman said “it would be the belief...
by Larry Shultz | Dec 23, 2023 | Biodiversity, Biology, Education, Evolution, Scale
50 years ago, scientists thought they had found Earth’s oldest rocks (sciencenews.org) Single cell life, on Earth has been in existence for 3.7 billion years 17,000 times longer than the recent faith that creation was 6000 years ago. The oldest rock known is 4.4...
