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== Diary ==
== Diary ==
=== Three things ===
"My old uncle Phineas was fond to mumble: “Dere are three t’ings [holds up three rheumatic digits] you should teach the kids: Selflessness, Wonder, n’ Doubt.” By “doubt” he meant a healthy skepticism; and alongside civics and linear algebra, i wish that could be formally taught in school. Call it “scientific method” if one needs to dress it up a bit."
—[https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/john-oliver-examines-coronavirus-conspiracy-theories/176303/3 theophrastus] @ Boing Boing


== In the News ==
== In the News ==

Revision as of 18:00, 20 July 2020

Online diary of Karl Jones for Monday July 20, 2020.

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Three things

"My old uncle Phineas was fond to mumble: “Dere are three t’ings [holds up three rheumatic digits] you should teach the kids: Selflessness, Wonder, n’ Doubt.” By “doubt” he meant a healthy skepticism; and alongside civics and linear algebra, i wish that could be formally taught in school. Call it “scientific method” if one needs to dress it up a bit."

theophrastus @ Boing Boing

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