Posted inPhilosophy
Do We Need Philosophy, Or Can Science Replace It?
You see the news? Woman pretending to be a man walked into a school and murdered a bunch of kids. "I know what you're going to say. You're going to…
Posted inStatistics
The Model That Dutch Rulers Rely On To Claim There Is A Nitrogen “Crisis” Has No Skill
Some rulers say there is a nitrogen "crisis", and others say there is a climate "crisis". There is no nitrogen "crisis", and there is no climate "crisis", neither. But since…
Posted inStatistics
Judge Recognizes CDC’s Failed Its Burden To Provide Proof On Masks
A judge yesterday whacked the CDC's overreaching mask mandate. The judge said "the mandate exceeded the CDC statutory authority, improperly invoked the good clause exemption to notice and comment rulemaking…
Posted inCulture Statistics
CDC Panel Unanimously Recommends Truth Be Damned: Kids & The Coronadoom Vex
Update Well, they voted the wrong way. I'm also a bit surprised there doesn't seem much interest in this news. How quickly we surrender? Rochelle Walensky, the head of CDC,…
Posted inStatistics
Critique Of Specification Curve Analysis
Dear reader, this will be a tad difficult, but I urge you to plow through as best you can, because this is becoming "a thing" in some areas. I stripped…
Posted inStatistics
Efforts At Officially Defining Scientific Disinformation Continue
Phrases like scientifically valid, the late great philosopher David Stove taught us, signal distress. A writer wants to say valid, a strength word, but somehow can't bring himself to this…
Posted inCulture
The Ersatz Nitrogen Crisis or Delusional Expertocracy and the Destruction of Dutch Agriculture — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp
This post also ran at Jaap's site. Introduction The Dutch 'nitrogen crisis' revolves around the misconception that the quality of nature is predominantly determined by N-deposition coming from agriculture. That…
Posted inBook review Culture
There Is No Wisdom In Crowds: Against Mass Voting
Today, an excerpt of Chapter 5 from Everything You Believe Is Wrong. This is only a brief excerpt from a long chapter which lists a number of voting fallacies and…
