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I love these big encyclopedias. So inspiring for young people too. I bet most of us here read these cover to cover too.

I wholeheartedly agree with the OP- I just want to add another wrinkle… Back in the 80s, I remember reading an essay describing that as climate issues build, we would see a rise in far right wing politics. Nationalist backlashes against mitigation, movement of people, coupled with the rage and...

This only holds up until it doesn't

Interesting developments in the “free speech” category They are At it again Everyone agrees that a society where all points of view are expressed is ideal, but to be an “absolutist” where weaponized speech is used to disrupt and divide for personal or political gain is of zero value to anyone

This is an interesting thread from a psychology POV. Everyone has the ability to get duped now and then, especially when our biases are being gamed by dubious sources. I know I've been had and I have pretty good BS detection skills I appreciate that RVonse and TSwizzle comment here and I hope...

Is it that they are fake or is it the facts don't comport to your media bubble?

Just looking at birth rates in the US. Yikes! carry on

One study that comes to mind is the 83 000 fake resumes the researchers sent out with white names, Hispanic names, black sounding names and different genders. I wouldn’t call discrimination against a potential employee a disparate outcome. Obvious the disparate outcome arises as this occurs over...

That's not it. Just one example here. If you google "racial discrimination" followed by "car loans" or "uni admission", "jobs" you'll see similar studies. I invite Derec to read this as well and maybe do a 30 second search. We can't have a conversation about DEI if one party doesn't believe...

It’s not yesteryear - it’s happening right now. Of this there is no debate. The data is very clear. I really think that this is the piece of the puzzle you are missing

Here lies your impasse to this discussion

Is it a valuable use of my time to trot out examples and articles? Will you say, "Thanks I will consider that information"? Ask yourself why that is

Hi Derec - I want to interject a point here - before you argue against DEI, It's important to know that hiring based on gender and race was already happening before these ideas came into place. There are mountains of data and many very good studies that show certain groups were hired at much...

A google search for "Russian propaganda in India" displays lots of interesting results I only wish I could say there was no Russian propaganda in Canada

As political scientists Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld have recently pointed out, there was time where a Republican would do a rally in a town, and talk about their water supply, ther local hospital, roads or whatever local issue they had, The politician would research it before they...

Do you have the answers to those questions? I think he was pointing out an observation. None of the reasons you stated are usual methods of spreading propaganda. Inviting people at no cost? What does that have anything to do with anything? Were you connected to the Russian embassy? Are you...

No we don't ban cars because they kill people. Cars are a big part of society, economy, lifestyle, and they save many lives by getting people to safety, to get help, to evacuate disasters... Guns kill stuff. That's about it. Regulating guns in a way that deters human target practice would save...

Mayor Pete.

Anyone else surprised at this? I’ve been thinking since 2016 that some nut is going to take a shot at this guy. That many armed loonies and so many rallies, the odds are pretty good this was going to happen at some point. The thing about being a loudmouth bully is eventually you piss off the...

I don’t think many conservatives consider Trump to be a conservative. Not in the traditional sense anyway. In fact, many view him as an outsider brought in to fight for their cause. He’s not pro-life, or fiscally responsible, or a rule-of- law guy.