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Wind Turbine Syndrome | "The Science of Wind Turbine Syndrome" - 0 views

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  • Gary Patton on 26 Jul 13
     
    An excellent article on the ludicry of "peer review" replacing "replicatability" in some modern science debates. The article features the topic of Industrial Wind Turbines. gfp (2013-07-26)
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The Green Superstate - what the left-leaning, progressive, global warming activists rea... - 0 views

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  • In other words, are the Greens looking after the dolphins, or are the dolphins looking after the Greens?
  • Green is the natural world view of what sociologists call the ‘New Class’.
  • it is a disproportionately powerful class; it is also an ambitious class and frustrated class.’
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  • Oliver (being left wing) decided to edit President Eisenhower’s original sentence, to remove an equally dire warning about the growing influence of the ‘scientific-administrative complex’.
  • the influence of the military-industrial complex has been exaggerated, compared to the scientific-administrative complex, which represents ‘an intermingling of government, science and the university, unprecedented in American history.’
  • ‘The growth of [public] research and development funds, particularly after 1956 has multiplied the claimants of funds for science.  Universities have become active political entities in the search for money. Scientists and engineers have started hundreds of profit and non-profit companies to do research and evaluation.
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      Gary Patton on 30 Nov 11
       
      And the biggest disgrace in this "big grab" by the "Scientific-Administrative Complex" is the so-called "War on Cancer" which has bilked billions from a public terrified by the "C Word". All the so-called "experts" knew the natural cure for cancer over 40 years ago when the Scientific-Administartive Complex launched, with the help of bumbling government bureaucrats, "The War on Cancer". Billions of raised, charity dollars later, we have a bigger problem with cancer and more people dying horrible deaths than ever. Meanwhile "researchers", "all wellness societies' management", and three different "physician specialities" are making huge salaries . The Scientific-Administrative Complex will NEVER find a pill or a treatment cure for cancer ...never mind the fact that only God "cures"... because you can't cure a lifestyle or genetic problem with a pill or a treatment. And we all know that the majority of cancers result from lifestyle issues. gfp
  • a bureaucracy inevitably tends to develop and articulate its own vested interests. 
  • Galbraith says, ‘the educational and scientific estate is becoming a decisive instrument of political power.’   And he reminds us that this New Class, ‘owes its modern expansion and eminence to the requirements of the planning system.’
  • And if no problem can be found, then there must be the threat of a problem – they call it the precautionary principle. 
  • Just as nature abhors a vacuum, every unregulated activity taunts them. 
  • ‘Modern, liberal secular society is based on the revolutionary premise that there is no superior, authoritative information available about the good life or the true nature of human happiness, that this information is implicit only in individual preferences, and that therefore the individual has to be free to develop and express these preferences.
  • “new class” is not easily defined but may be vaguely described.  It consists of a goodly proportion of those college-educated people whose skills and vocations proliferate in a “post-industrial” societ
  • scientists, teachers and educational administrators, journalists and others in the communication industries, psychologists, social workers, those lawyers and doctors who make their career in the expanding public sector, city planners, the staffs of larger foundations, the upper levels of government bureaucracy and so on
  • Gary Patton on 30 Nov 11
     
    The so called "Climate Crisis" is a green-washing application of "The Precautionary Principle" by the new "Scientific-Administrative Complex" in this author's opinion. And they're one scary group with more clout even than the Military-Industrial Complex". It matters not one jot if it's getting cooler or warmer. There must be a problem, the problem must be industrial capitalism (ie, freedom), and the solution must be more State control ...of course. gfp (2011-11-30)
  • Gary Patton on 30 Nov 11
     
    The so called "Climate Crisis" is a green-washing application of "The Precautionary Principle" by the new "Scientific-Administrative Complex" in this author's opinion. And they're one scary group with more clout even than the Military-Industrial Complex". gfp
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The Science Of Persuasion - YouTube - 0 views

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  • Gary Patton on 22 Dec 12
     
    A graphic presentation of how human beings are persuaded to do something ...whether they want to or not.
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Embrace Your Irrational Colleagues - Ron Ashkenas - Harvard Business Review - 0 views

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shared by Gary Patton on 28 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • There is just something going on that we don't realize.
  • But the reality is that the nurse was doing what she thought best, which made her appear irrational to others. Once the underlying history and motivation was revealed, her behavior made sense.
  • Irrational behavior is part of the human condition.
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  • At some level, conscious or unconscious, each of us has a compelling reason — such as short-term gratification, peer acceptance, convenience, lifestyle, and many more — for doing the "wrong" thing.
  • "There is NO SUCH THING as irrational behaviour".
  • Everyone is strangeSave me and youAnd sometimes I thinkYou strange too
  • Gary Patton on 28 Nov 11
     
    Do you argue with your colleagues, friends, neighbours ...and especially partners and other relatives... when they behave irrationally? If you're like me you do because I'm a "Recovering Type 'A' Controlling Personality"! :-) However regardless of your personality type, you are wise not to argue with seemingly irrational people because "Irrationality Isn't Always Stupidity"! gfp (2011-11-23)
  • Gary Patton on 28 Nov 11
     
    Discover in this short article why arguing with an irrational is really dumb as well as a better way to relate to them! GaryFPatton
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10 Myths About Introverts - 0 views

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shared by Gary Patton on 01 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • A section of Laney’s book maps out the human brain and explains how neuro-transmitters follow different dominant paths in the nervous systems of Introverts and Extroverts.
  • Myth #1 – Introverts don’t like to talk.
  • Myth #2 – Introverts are shy.
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  • Myth #3 – Introverts are rude.
  • Myth #4 – Introverts don’t like people.
  • Myth #5 – Introverts don’t like to go out in public.
  • Myth #6 – Introverts always want to be alone.
  • Myth #7 – Introverts are weird.
  • Myth #8 – Introverts are aloof nerds.
  • Myth #9 – Introverts don’t know how to relax and have fun.
  • Myth #10 – Introverts can fix themselves and become Extroverts.
  • It can be terribly destructive for an Introvert to deny themselves in order to get along in an Extrovert-Dominant World.
  • labeling someone as an Introvert is a very shallow assessment, full of common misconceptions. It’s more complex than that.
  • Laney’s book maps out the human brain and explains how neuro-transmitters follow different dominant paths in the nervous systems of Introverts and Extroverts. If the science behind the book is correct, it turns out that Introverts are people who are over-sensitive to Dopamine,
  • Conversely, Extroverts can’t get enough Dopamine, and they require Adrenaline for their brains to create it.
  • Unfortunately, according to the book, only about 25% of people are Introverts.
  • here are a few common misconceptions about Introverts (not taken directly from the book, but based on my own life experience):
  • Gary Patton on 01 Dec 11
     
    This short article nicely and scientifically debunks the myths about 'introversion'. Next time your boss, professor or colleague suggests you're shy, slip this article at her or him! gfp (2011-12-01)
  • Gary Patton on 01 Dec 11
     
    So they think you're shy, eh? gfp
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