What Rug Thinks

I am a citizen of the United States, and my country has been taken over by the antiscience movement. I hope the people of this world will survive my countries' willful ignorance. From: Discover Magazine The post linked by Phil Plait is dated, but still completely relevant.  I don't know when the antiscience movement started. It may have been there since the beginning. When the human race first started figure out how to use fire, make tools, and plant crops. Maybe it's always been part of the human nature to fear what we don't understand. Maybe a portion of human race has always felt an uneasiness going beyond what is known. When you look back at history, there are a few times when the world celebrated intelligence and the progression of science. WWII comes to mind rather quickly, as well as, the cold war with the USSR. Another time that comes to mind is the age of enlightenment (AKA age of reason) which ranges from 1685-1815 according to history.com . Which cove...

It's that time again folks, time to debate taxes! Yes, again. Ugh, thanks Trump. From:  quickmeme.com I'll be the first to admit George was not exactly accurate here, but it's funny so I give him a pass.  It seems that with every new president comes another tax debate flair up. Once the fire is tamped out, a few years later it roars back to life. Always with the same sides, same lies, same misconceptions, same facts, and many of the same people. Are you as tired of it as I am? I figured for once I should put in my take on taxes and then just leave it be. Taxes suck. You can't tell me when you look at your gross income compared to your net income you are not dismayed by the difference. Since I don't make much money, mine is about 30% for federal, state, social security, and medicare combined. That means that about 12 hours out of my 40 hour work week was for the government. Your taxes may be different, but you can do the math yourself and see how many hours a...