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...
by Larry Shultz | Dec 23, 2023 | Democracy, Education
Nigeria 2024 Budget: Debt Costs Pressure Social Spending – Bloombe In 2022 debt servicing used up 96% of government revenue. Perhaps the IMF, the World Bank and other public entities should hire new economists who have a proven ability to addition and...
by Larry Shultz | Dec 21, 2023 | Cities, Democracy, Education, Public Health, Scale
CES-WP-22-14.pdf (census.gov)
by Larry Shultz | Dec 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
1. “He had delusions of adequacy ” Walter Kerr 2. “He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.”- Winston Churchill 3. “I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. – Clarence Darrow 4....
by Larry Shultz | Dec 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
It is good to be fUrther, however. “God” certainly encourages people to be unethical and based on “his” Biblical description, is a sadist and or a sociopath. Now perhaps “he” is schizophrenic as sometimes “it” appears...
by Larry Shultz | Dec 16, 2023 | Public Health
US Millennial Women Now More Likely to Die in Early 20s and 30s: Report (businessinsider.com) The death rate has risen in parallel with a startling increase in maternal mortality rates among women aged 25 to 34, with 30.4 deaths due to pregnancy complications out of...
