YOUR META IS HERE WITH YOU, IN THE YEAR TWENTY-AUGHT-TWENTY AND ONE!
Welcome to another year of hope, relevance, relief, self-awareness and SELF-CARE-NESS! We've brought you:
UNFALSIFIABILITY: IT DOESN'T MEAN 'FAKE'
AND NOW, FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT....
WHAT'S YOUR WAGER?
2021 TECH: CLEAN-ER GLASSES and PORTABLE FLAMETHROWERS???
And we're still serving up music, mindful, and META: ALLLLL the things YOUR BLACK META does with PASSION AND PANACHE!
IT'S 2021! LET'S SHAKE SOME FOUNDATIONS!
—Your Black Meta!
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WORDSofWISDOM&RELEVANCE
“The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.”―Richard Dawkins
MLK Day Online Event Will You Participate?
The Rosendale Theatre is creating a virtual event for Martin Luther King Day taking place on Monday, January 18th at 4 PM. We are looking for community participation in this celebration and are asking for photo and/or a short video submission that will be part of the celebration.This event will feature the "I Have a Dream Speech" by Dr. King, a message from Congressman Delgado, Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan, Ulster County Legislator Manna Jo Green who worked with Dr. King as a teenager as well as other community leaders and The Energy Dance Company.Can you participate?If so, here are the details:Photo Submission DetailsTake a photo of yourself holding a large white piece of paper on that paper, write a one or two word response to the question: “What is your dream for 2021?” Tips: The photo should be waist up, make sure to use a thick marker for the writing of the word.Video Submission DetailsCreate a short video (up to one minute) answering the questions: “What is your dream for 2021?” A few tips for recording at home:Start the video by saying “My (or our) dream for 2021 is……Video Tips:Speak clearly and not too fast.Please set up your shot so it is chest up and leave a little room above your head.Record your message with your phone held horizontally/ landscape.Make sure you're well-lit from the front (facing a window is a great way to get good lighting) or even tape outside!Pick a quiet location.Place the camera at eye level so you are not shooting from below.Label the file with your name.Please send only one version of the video. Pick your favorite.Deadline for all submissions: All messages must be in by Wednesday, January 13th.If self taping is a challenge, I will have a video crew at CCE on Weds. Jan 13th from 5 - 7. Let me know if you want to do this and I can schedule a time for you!
“Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.” –MLK, Jr.
LOCAL organizations to connect, to listen, and to be heard:
- https://citizenactionny.org/about
- https://citizenactionny.org/events/venues/7-grand-st-kingston-ny-12401-usa
- https://kingstontenantsunion.org/
- https://kingstontenantsunion.org/events/
- https://kingstontenantsunion.org/news/
- https://riseupkingston.org/
- https://riseupkingston.org/blog
FreedomWalker's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links
COFFEE & GREEN TEA COMBO
- No credits for this segment
THE SPRUCE
- Thespruce.com
- Goodnewsnetwork.org
SEGMENT
- "The First Guy to Ever Own a Cat." Ryan George. https://youtu.be/H6leGvf6BeM
- Top Ten Most Common Problems Caused by Stray Cats www.wildlifeanimalcontrol.com/straycatproblems.html
K-TOWN NEWS
- The Almanac
MINDFUL MUSEUM
- "23 Innovative Gadgets That Are Selling Like Hot Cakes." Savercore.com, accessed January 11, 2021. https://savercore.com/home-page
beetle's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links
SPOTLIGHT
"The world’s most mysterious book - Stephen Bax." TED-Ed, Youtube. [4:42] View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-world-s... Deep inside Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library lies a 240 page tome. Recently carbon dated to around 1420, its pages feature looping handwriting and hand drawn images seemingly stolen from a dream. It is called the Voynich manuscript, and it’s one of history’s biggest unsolved mysteries. The reason why? No one can figure out what it says. Stephen Bax investigates this cryptic work. Lesson by Stephen Bax, animation by TED-Ed. May 25, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NS4CbBJQ84
(Re)Sources for “Meta on the Meta: UNFALSIFIABILITY: It Doesn't Mean 'FAKE'” and “Black X-Files: What's YOUR Wager”
Multimedia
- "Karl Popper, Science, & Pseudoscience: Crash Course Philosophy #8." CrashCourse, Youtube. [8:56] The early 1900s was an amazing time for Western science, as Albert Einstein was developing his theories of relativity and psychology was born, as Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis took over the scientific mainstream. Karl Popper observed these developments firsthand and came to draw a distinction between what he referred to as science and pseudoscience, which might best be summarized as science disconfirms, while pseudoscience confirms. While the way we describe these disciplines has changed in the intervening years, Popper’s ideas speak to the heart of how we arrive at knowledge. March 28, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X8Xfl0JdTQ
- "Indiana Jones & Pascal's Wager: Crash Course Philosophy #15." Crash Course, Youtube. [9:12] Today we conclude our unit on Philosophy of Religion and Hank gets a little help from Indiana Jones to explain religious pragmatism and Pascal’s Wager, fideism, and Kierkegaard’s leap to faith. May 23, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S93jMOqF-oE
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- “We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.” ―Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion. Accessed January 12, 2021. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4416-we-are-all-atheists-about-most-of-the-gods-that
- “The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.” ―Richard Dawkins, accessed January 12, 2021. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/179802-the-chicken-is-only-an-egg-s-way-for-making-another
- “So it is best to keep an open mind and be agnostic. At first sight that seems an unassailable position, at least in the weak sense of Pascal's wager. But on second thoughts it seems a cop-out, because the same could be said of Father Christmas and tooth fairies. There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies?” ―Richard Dawkins, accessed January 12, 2021. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/605706-there-may-be-fairies-at-the-bottom-of-the-garden
- “It's been suggested that if the super-naturalists really had the powers they claim, they'd win the lottery every week. I prefer to point out that they could also win a Nobel Prize for discovering fundamental physical forces hitherto unknown to science. Either way, why are they wasting their talents doing party turns on television? By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.” ―Richard Dawkins, accessed January 12, 2021. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/16723-it-s-been-suggested-that-if-the-super-naturalists-really-had-the
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_priori_and_a_posteriori
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_gin
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Popper
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overconfidence_effect
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophic_burden_of_proof
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positivism
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Multimedia
- "The non-paradox of tolerance." Zinnia Jones, Youtube. [3:34] How much intolerance must we tolerate? Video transcript: http://zinniajones.com/blog/transcrip... Follow me: http://twitter.com/ZJemptv http://facebook.com/ZJemptv http://zinniajones.com/blog/. June 9, 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vO1ZH9UWdE
- "Chapter 1.4: Karl Popper and the logic of falsification." Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities, Youtube. [9:41] This video is part of the series: 'The Philosophy of the Humanities' which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPeStI124dee1ByfcDzRvPxKDNb0GQjmo. September 27, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlFywEtLZ9w
- "Must-See New Video Shows Capitol Riot Was Way Worse Than We Thought | All In | MSNBC." MSNBC, Youtube. [10:50] Chris Hayes: “It is entirely possible that there were people in that crowd, looking to apprehend, possibly harm, and possibly murder the leaders of the political class that the President, and people like Mo Brooks, and even to a certain extent Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley, have told them have betrayed them." Aired on 1/8/2021. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About All In with Chris Hayes: Chris Hayes delivers the biggest news and political stories of the day with a commitment to in-depth reporting that consistently seeks to hold the nation's leaders accountable for their actions. Drawing from his background as a reporter, Hayes at times reports directly from the scene of a news event as it occurs to provide a firsthand account, digging deep and speaking with people who represent different points of view. Hayes brings the nation's officials, legislators, policymakers, and local activists to the table to address key issues affecting communities across America. MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more. January 8, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhjRXO72v1s
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Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- “More generally, as I shall repeat in Chapter 8, one of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding.” ―Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion. Accessed January 12, 2021. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/51380-more-generally-as-i-shall-repeat-in-chapter-8-one
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_priori_and_a_posteriori
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic%E2%80%93synthetic_distinction
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attitude_polarization
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias#Persistence_of_discredited_beliefs
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_gin
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical_evidence
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_correlation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_lung
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Salk
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Popper
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_society
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overconfidence_effect
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophic_burden_of_proof
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_religion
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_science
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positivism
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatism
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantics
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_theory_of_truth
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_criticism
Music Playlists
FreedomWalker's Playlist:
- T-Rex: “The Throat of Winter”
- Eurythmics: “Missionary Man”
beetle's Playlist:
- Bill Withers: "Lovely Day"
- Motion City Soundtrack: "This is For Real"
- Jack Johnson: "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"
LYRICS
- Geniuslyrics.com
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