Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘Thomas Edison’

The Heart of ClimateGate – Wizbang (blog)

The Heart of ClimateGate – Wizbang (blog)

Via Instapundit, here is an excellent WSJ op-ed that very effectively gets to the heart of the ClimateGate scandal: How To Forge A Consensus

… [T]he furor over these documents is not about tone, colloquialisms or even whether climatologists are nice people in private. The real issue is what the messages say about the way the much-ballyhooed scientific consensus on global warming was arrived at in the first place, and how even now a single view is being enforced. In short, ..read more

Is the grass always greener everywhere else?

Is the grass always greener everywhere else?

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“Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man, and I will show you a failure.” —Thomas Edison

I’m never content.

And apparently, I’m in good company. I just read an article that says the entire planet is also “restless.” (Translation: Seismic activity has been and is likely to continue increasing.) Well, at least my restlessness doesn’t result in devasting earthquakes.

Being restless can be frustrating: Something new, something better, is always across the ..read more