“There’s A Growing Anti-intellectual Strain That Is Growing In This Country. It May Be The Beginning

“There’s a growing anti-intellectual strain that is growing in this country. It may be the beginning of the end of our informed democracy. In a free society, you can and should think whatever you want. If you want to think the Earth is flat, go right ahead. But if you think the Earth is flat and you have influence over others, as would successful rappers or even presidential candidates, then being wrong becomes being harmful to the health, the wealth and the security of our citizenry.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson responding to rapper B.o.B. regarding his Flat Earth, conspiracy-theory propaganda rant via Twitter (see it via the Daily Show here)

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8 years ago
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3 years ago

“Many adults are put off when youngsters pose scientific questions. Children ask why the sun is yellow, or what a dream is, or how deep you can dig a hole, or when is the world’s birthday, or why we have toes. Too many teachers and parents answer with irritation or ridicule, or quickly move on to something else. Why adults should pretend to omniscience before a five-year-old, I can’t for the life of me understand. What’s wrong with admitting that you don’t know? Children soon recognize that somehow this kind of question annoys many adults. A few more experiences like this, and another child has been lost to science. There are many better responses. If we have an idea of the answer, we could try to explain. If we don’t, we could go to the encyclopedia or the library. Or we might say to the child: “I don’t know the answer. Maybe no one knows. Maybe when you grow up, you’ll be the first to find out.”

— Carl Sagan (via universal-wanderer)

11 years ago

Will be streaming FROZEN at 8:45pm EST in honor of the DVD release tomorrow, and some people getting it early! 

I have the stream running, but all it has is the title with text underneath >_> 

I’ll be reblogging this again about 15 minutes before we start, but feel free to start spreading the word!!

10 years ago

This is sad. :( im gonna go crawl in bed and cry myself to sleep now.

R.I.P. Old Boomerang Logo

Ever since April 1st, 2000 Boomerang has used this logo 

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On January 18th, 2015 they changed it to this

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They basically just killed my childhood

YOU CANT SHOW OLD RE-RUNS OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS FROM MY CHILDHOOD AND CHANGE THE CHANNEL LOGO! YOU ARE FUCKING WITH MY CHILDHOOD BY DOING THAT!

R.I.P. Old Boomerang Logo April 1st, 2000-January 18th, 2015

3 years ago

“Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

3 years ago

Thor: Hey, can I have your number?

Bucky: *confused* Uh, okay-

Steve, slapping Bucky’s phone to the ground: It’s broken, sorry

11 years ago
Oh Yea This Was Like A Bonus With Pizza

Oh yea this was like a bonus with pizza

11 years ago

I went to elementary school with this girl, Heather, who had just started competitive swimming when we were in first grade. She always said she wanted to swim for the rest of her life and that she wanted to swim in the Olympics one day.

Heather swam in the 2012 Olympics in London.

Don’t you dare tell me a child’s dreams are foolish when anything is possible if you work hard enough.

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