Race: “An important subject about which clear thinking is generally avoided.” —Ashley Montagu, Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race, 1954 book #racism #booksinmybookcasegoober
Guy P. Harrison
@guyharrisonauthor.bsky.social
Just a simple urbanized/hypnotized eukaryote writing books along the road to extinction. I think; therefore, I'm not sure. Run fast, lift heavy. Kindness is cool.
The best answer to bad science is good science. The worst answer to bad science is to surrender your brain to dishonest or incompetent social-media actors such as Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan, RFK Jr., Brett Weinstein, Candace Owens, etc. Think before you believe. #booksbyguypharrison
Belief in biological races is an inhuman heuristic. Presuming to see biological race categories in the faces of strangers and thereby know their innate potentials and limitations is unscientific and unfair. #booksbyguypharrison
“Reality cannot be ignored, except at a price; and the longer the ignorance is persisted in, the higher and more terrible becomes the price that must be paid.” — Aldous Huxley, “Religion and Time” (1943 essay) #booksbyguypharrison
Something must be fundamentally wrong with the global economic game played by humankind because its biggest winner is a total moron. #odyssey
MAKE MEASLES GREAT AGAIN The United States is currently experiencing its highest rate of measles infections in more than three decades. This is what happens when people trust the claims of con artists, imbeciles, and lunatics over the medical advice of credible doctors and scientists.
“Reading is more than a skill, or one mode of communication among many. The media we use to interact with one another shape the world we inhabit.” —Rose Horowitch, “The End of Reading is Here,” The Atlantic, July 8, 2026 #booksinmybookcasegoober #reading #books
“The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” —Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark #booksinmybookcasegoober #carlsagan
Spock: Captain, according to my tricorder readings, the timeline has been severely damaged. Kirk: Agreed. This timeline is cooked. Let's get out of here. [deleted scene from the classic Star Trek episode, "The Idiot on the Edge of Forever"] #startrek #idiocracy #kakistocracy
“I am from the future, and all of this goes horribly wrong, horribly wrong.” —Matthew Robinson, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, 2025 film #booksbyguypharrison #damnyouentropythegreatestsciencefictionquotes
Ask Ethan: Could we spot an extinction-level asteroid? The last extinction-level impact happened here on Earth 65 million years ago. If humans had been around back then, how much warning would we have had before our demise? bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astro #history #dinosaurs
Ask Ethan: Could we spot an extinction-level asteroid?
65 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth, causing a mass extinction. Without advance warning, could anyone have spotted it?
bigthink.com
Should you really be drinking eight glasses of water a day? What about reaching for a sports drink after exercise? Physiologist Tamara Hew-Butler is here to bust these hydration myths and more.
The 4 biggest myths about hydration, according to an expert
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The out-of-Africa migration, in which ancient humans went on to inhabit every other continent except Antarctica, may not have been one moment in time, but a long and slow process. Columnist Michael Marshall examines how archaeologists are rethinking this critical part of our history
What really happened when ancient humans migrated out of Africa
The out-of-Africa migration, in which ancient humans went on to inhabit every other continent except Antarctica, may not have been one moment in time, but a long and slow process. Columnist Michael Marshall examines how archaeologists are rethinking this critical part of our history
newscientist.com
"For the first time in history a country has apparently won a battle using only robots, without a soldier on the ground put at risk. Ukraine claims to have recently taken over a Russian position – forcing Russian soldiers to surrender – using robotic systems alone." www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
BBC Audio | The Global Story | How Ukraine won a battle with robots alone
Why the US is now learning from Ukraine about how to fight wars
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Critical Thinking Tips for Close Encounters With UFO Claims | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/abou... #UFOs #UAPs #disclosureday
Critical Thinking Tips for Close Encounters With UFO Claims
Given the unique importance of a potential UFO visit, confirmation requires a high standard of evidence. Here are simple tips for your inevitable close encounters with UFO claims.
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Stating the obvious: If an AI tool writes text for you, it means you did not write the text. It also means you lost an opportunity to become a better writer by writing. Using AI is fine to proofread or help with research, but putting your name on something AI wrote is not the win many believe. #AI
“The news was prioritized in a way I could not understand. For instance, there was nothing on new mathematical observations or still-undiscovered polygons, but quite a bit about politics, which on this planet was essentially all about war and money.” ―Matt Haig, The Humans #booksbyguypharrison
The guy who thinks fascist salutes are funny, gutted science research in the US, helped reelect Trump, and caused people to die with reckless foreign aid cuts is the first trillionaire in history. Something is very wrong with our civilization.
They call them Terminator drones... Ukrainian official confirms autonomous "Terminator" drones with no human oversight killed Russian soldiers. The future keeps coming, whether you pay attention or not. #AI #drones #robots #war #terminator #sciencefiction
WHEN THE TRUTH HURTS My latest Psychology Today essay www.psychologytoday.com/.../when-the... #psychology #psychologytoday #brainscience #guypharrisonessays
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Five Sci-Fi Novels That Can Change Your View of Reality www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/abou...
Five Sci-Fi Novels That Can Change Your View of Reality
Offering much more than entertainment, science fiction novels give you profound insights into some of the most important issues of our time.
psychologytoday.com
“The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.” —Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek #somethingmycamerasawalongtheway
"Regular and repeated obvious lying is part of the process by which fascist politics destroys the information space. A fascist leader can replace truth with power, ultimately lying without consequence.” —Jason Stanley, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, 2018 book #booksinmybookcase
“It is hard to know how many lives may have been saved if sexism and patriarchy had not triumphed in human societies.” – Joseph L. Graves Jr., A Voice in the Wilderness: A Pioneering Biologist Explains How Evolution Can Help Us Solve Our Biggest Problems, 2022 book #booksinmybookcasegoober
"Being a good person today requires thought and work." ―Peter Singer, Ethics in the Real World: 90 Essays on Things That Matter #booksinmybookcasegoober #philosophy
“The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.” —Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize winner in physics, The First Three Minutes, 1977 book #booksinmybookcasegoober #science
