Posted inPhilosophy
Experts want to take uteruses out of women and put them into men
To read today's article, it is helpful to recall that in the context of biology and medicine the prefix trans can always be translated by not a or just not.…
Posted inCulture
Truths Labeled Medical Misinformation, Falsities Called Official Truths
Gruesome Gavin Newsom signed a bill in 2022 that allowed him to snatch the medical license from any doctor that disagreed with his Official Truths of coronadoom. I say "his"…
Posted inStatistics
Warming in Terms of Human and Natural Factors
Today's title is adapted from the peer-reviewed paper "The Detection and Attribution of Northern Hemisphere Land Surface Warming (1850–2018) in Terms of Human and Natural Factors: Challenges of Inadequate Data",…
Posted inStatistics
Scientists Use The Double-Dog Epidemiologist Fallacy To Claim Breathing Induces Antibiotic Resistance
Thanks to AS! I don't have your email, so I hope you see this. The epidemiologist fallacy occurs when a scientist announces, directly or implicitly, that X Causes Y, but…
Posted inCulture
What Happened At An Academic Expert Disinformation Summit
We---but not Anon, who reports below---missed the Cambridge Disinformation Summit, held the last week of July (Videoes). Conference organizers described their sensitivity soirée thusly: Strategic disinformation is an accelerant for…
Posted inStatistics
Mask Forever, Says Experts’ Model, It Saves Lives!
Here's a question for you, brought to you by propagandists: "Could permanent masks in public become Vic policy?" And here's the headline: "Could wearing masks in public be the answer…
Posted inStatistics
How To Discover Any Trend You Want In Climate Time Series
Day five of the week of classical posts on global warming, now "climate change", a subject which I had hoped had faded into obscurity, but, alas, has not. Your author…
Posted inStatistics
Over-Certainty Is One Of The Main Causes Of Bad Science: Brain Volume & IQ Example
Announcement Next week I am on vacation as I prepare for the Cultural Event of the year. There will be no new posts: there may be classic reposts. Don't miss…