On the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are Sadiq Khan and the C40 group's plan for our dystopian future, #BanTheADL trends on X as Elon Musk threatens to sue and James Bond becomes a centrist dad.
Grade inflation is rampant at universities, a consequence of replacing the pursuit of excellence with the pursuit of league table rankings linked to pass rates.
Climate researchers are self-censoring and adapting their research to fit in with the climate alarmist narrative in order to be published in the top journals, a climate scientist whistleblower has said.
Rampant grade inflation means that today’s students are the ‘participation medal’ generation. Until something’s done to rescue academic standards, their grades will become increasingly meaningless.
John Tierney has written a terrific piece for City Journal puncturing the myth of male privilege. By almost every metric, he points out, women in contemporary western societies are faring better than men.
A major new study involving 37 scientists from 18 countries has concluded that 40% of apparent global warming since 1850 is due to urban heat corruptions.
Asymptomatic people with Covid are only responsible for a tiny fraction of spread, a study in the Lancet has found, exploding a myth that formed a key part of pandemic social distancing policies and fear messaging.
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the virus and the vaccines, the ‘climate emergency’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
