The juxtaposition of Nobel Prize season and the revelation of High Octane Crazy in the Republican Party in regards to science is examined by Rachel Maddow:
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
More like this
Gasoline and diesel engines operate using very different philosophies. In a gas engine, a spark ignites a compressed fuel-air mixture; in a diesel, air is compressed and gets very hot, and fuel is injected, resulting in ignition.
Updated 12/20: See belowÂ
Over the Christmas break I traveled to Louisiana to visit my family and to Georgia to visit my wife's family.
"Scientific smartness?" How 'bout, "Scientific acumen." On the other hand, "high octane crazy," is accurately descriptive of the given speaker.
A free people get the government they deserve. I think this is, unfortunately, true.
Or, one could say that even a dog deserves better than this.
The world is complex enough and subtle enough to challenge the greatest minds since the renaissance to spend a large portion of their lives attempting to understand it and inevitably failing to do more than push back the darkness of ignorance a small amount. These apocalypse loving self serving whores want to turn out the lights and bring on a new dark age that will last forever.
stupid rethuglycans!