Scientism is “an exaggerated trust in the efficacy of the methods of natural science applied to all areas of investigation (as in philosophy, the social sciences, and the humanities).” I think anyone would grant that applying science to moral philosophy …
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Real Estate Sales Manager Wants To Set the Record Straight on COVID-19
I got this from a reader who functions as a sales manager at a real estate agency, after graduating with a degree in liberal arts. I would say that questioning the consensus reached by thousands of scientists who have spent …
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What Does Big Tech Censor?
Well, let’s put it like this: Big Tech censors disinformation. If you’re a person with conservative opinions and you’re publishing bull****, that’s fine. If you want to say the election was stolen, the Earth is flat, treat the pandemic with …
Second Law of Thermodynamics
We often discuss the second law of thermodynamics here, as it’s the reason that perpetual motion machines are impossible. It’s why I summarily reject the business plan submissions I receive from frauds and/or crackpots. Anytime energy is transferred from one …
Irony: Radio Anti-Vaxxers Die of COVID-19
With all the injustice in the world today, one might think that fairness no longer exists. Fortunately, that’s not the case. There have been no fewer than five ultra-right wing radio hosts, formerly spewing QAnon-style nonsense about COVID-19, who are …
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Vaccinations Before QAnon
From the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services:In 1954, polio was a terrifying reality. The vaccine began as a large clinical trial of 1.3 million kids around the country. They called themselves Polio Pioneers, the first to try a …
California’s Gubernatorial Recall Election
I’d like to understand the process by which Larry Elder became the top Republican candidate to replace California’s governor Gavin Newsom if, in the unlikely event he is recalled. I understand that he curried favor with a number of wealthy …
What Unifies Americans, and What Doesn’t
There are several good answers to this excellent question. The first and obvious is that an attack by an exterior group to one’s own naturally pulls the assaulted group together, despite any internal differences that may exist. A more nuanced, …
Anti-Vaxxers Don’t Think Like Normal People
I have bad news for Joe Biden, and for all Americans wishing to put the pandemic behind us: anti-vaxxers don’t function on empirical evidence.
Stephen King No Fan of Florida Governor DeSantis, Nor of Trump Himself
Very few public intellectuals have any patience for Trump and the Republicans in government who still support him. As shown here, novelist Stephen King can be counted on for clever ways of making his point. Where King and I differ …
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