The world this morning
In today's update I started to think about what happened to the fellow from several weeks ago who has a seemingly miraculous generator. Haven't heard anything since. This of course can only mean that it's being suppressed, man! But here's a guy with a fun idea for perpetual power - at least two easy reasons why it can't work. I'll save them for another post - I just don't have space in the margins provided here.
Looking for more ways to save the world? So are we! Not easy. I've gotten a little pessimistic recently. If you want to get into social justice by buying fair trade products, unfortunately you're best off doing it through charitable organizations (churches, student groups, etc.) since popular outlets just can't resist price gouging on these products since they have become "hip" and "trendy". Will this change? No idea.
More people are starting to bring their own cloth bags to grocery stores and so on. I think that's really cool.
A long, long time ago I heard about a study that showed scientists had a higher percentage who maintained religious beliefs/practices than other professional groups. I wanted to go looking for that study but couldn't find it. An apparently more recent study reported in an article at physorg.com finds that scientists have a lower percentage who practice or maintain religious beliefs compared to the general population, but finds that there are many misconceptions about religious beliefs in academia. Of course something about this study already raises suspicion for me - it only polled "21 elite universities". Who decides this, and what about the thousands of other universities in the country who weren't included in this study? Although the response rate was high - the sampling scope was breathtakingly narrow. And somehow the physorg.com article manages to use the word "elite" with an oddly sinister tone. So I say "thank you" to physorg.com for encouraging your readers to mistrust and be suspicious of higher education. Thank you.