Science historian Naomi Oreskes on "The Merchants of Doubt"

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KBOO

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The Digital Divide

Air date:

Fri, 08/12/2011 - 12:00am

How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming

Today, Dave DeAngelis speaks with scientist and historian Naomi Oreskes about her new book "The Merchants of Doubt,"which describes how organized campaigns undermine the scientific evidence related to important environmental and health issues such as second-hand smoke, acid rain, the ozone hole, and global warming.

We'll also hear from Amber Case portland's cyborg anthropologist. She spoke last month at the Portland Broadband Strategic Plan workgroup. I had the opportunity to speak with Amber and ask her opinion of where Portland ranks in the race to be the most tekky town. Here is a link to a Ted Talk, Amber gave on being a cyborg, no you, you're the cyborg.

http://www.ted.com/talks/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now.html

We'll wrap up today's program with a little metaphysics compliments of youtube. All content links are available online at kboo.fm/digitaldivide.

But first our tek calendar

http://calagator.org/

Monday, August 15, 2011 is North Portland Coders Night from 6:30–10pm

That's at the Lucky Labrador Overlook Tap Room
1700 N Killingsworth St

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Free beginning programming workshop are available for women wanting to learn Ruby on Rails. This inaugural workshop will focus on web development with Ruby. The workshop is free. You must attend both the Friday evening install fest and the Saturday workshop.

Rails was created in 2003 by David Heinemeier Hanssonand has since been extended by the Rails core team,more than 1,800 contributors, and supported by a vibrant community.

Friday, August 19, 2011 from 6–9pm

Collective Agency
322 NW Sixth Ave
Suite 200
Portland, OR 97209

http://pdxdevwrkshp.eventbrite.com/

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http://adxportland.eventbrite.com/

On a more lo-tek note, ADX Portland offers collective shop space, tools, equipment, services and consultation for all things metal, wood, and laser.

Memberships are available for those wanting to utilize the ADX equipment and resources on an as-needed basis. Members can then choose between hourly, daily, and monthly use of the wood shop, metal shop, and other production areas.

ADXPortland also offers classes so you can learn how to make things out of metal, wood, use an industrial sewing machine and more. check them out!

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The Reality As You Know It Does Not Exist
And now for something completely different...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=59223213350926692#docid=-1882442300932576616

note: the material and content in this program does not necessarily reflect the opinions or beliefs of the producers of Digital Divide. We provide information, and food for thought, after all what if it ALL turns out to be real, or not?