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How Expertism & The Woke Spreads In Science
The New England Journal of Medicine isn't exactly what its name indicates. It does tend to concentrate on publishing articles on various aspects of medicine. But it also engages in…
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Elena Kagan’s Blind Love Of The Expertocracy: SCOTUS Slaps The EPA
SCOTUS ruled 6-3 that, in effect, without Congressional authorization, the EPA does not have the power to regulate carbon dioxide. Justice Elena Kagan dissented. Kagan opened her dissent thus (whole…
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The Mann Act: Banning All Fossil Fuels Immediately To Save The Planet
I don't want us to make too much of the individual behind the brief confession we're about to dissect, because if it wasn't him leading Team Irrationality, it would be…
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In Which We Answer The Pressing Question: Is Science Growing Stupider?
I was asked this question the other day: "Is science becoming stupider?" I was forced to answer this way: "Boy, howdy! Science will be lucky to reach stupid the end…
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How To Generate Massive Scientific Over-Certainty With These Four Simple Tricks
Update This must be more difficult than I thought, judging by lack of questions or comments. If you do not understand, ask. Here is a picture of what they are…
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Debunking Prebunking & Other Disinformation Scams
An article in Psychology Today, a deeply earnest and condemnatory article on disinformation and the brave efforts to "fight" it using "prebunking", contains the following sentence: "Every day around 9…
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Why You Don’t Have To Worry About Climate Change: Multiplication Of Uncertainties
I once did a talk on this subject at Spain's Royal Institute of Science during the first global warming panic, but I did a lousy job. Now, at the time…
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Making Climate Skepticism Illegal: The Regime’s Crackdown On Disinformation
Update https://twitter.com/TaylorLorenz/status/1526933945949990912 Original story. Before we get into this, it is interesting to note that if I had kept my original headline, "Attempting to make global warming skepticism illegal", it…