What’s the Point of the Latest Ukraine Escalation?
23 November 2024
by Eugyppius
The Emperor’s New Ad
22 November 2024
Social scientists were asked to predict how effective different interventions would be at changing people's behaviour. They did worse than a simple model that said none of the interventions would work.
Twitter has censored Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo for tweeting about his recommendation against mRNA vaccines for 18-39 year old men due to an 84% increased risk of death from heart problems.
Think about people who've been tellers of truth. Very often, they were retired. They wrote for an independent website or Substack. They don’t have bosses or career paths. It’s only these people who will say what’s true.
Norwegian social scientists were asked to evaluate a piece of research. When the research had a left-wing conclusion, the social scientists rated it as significantly higher quality and more important.
In a rare move among the 'settled science' crowd, climate alarmist Bob Ward allowed himself to be interviewed by TalkTV's climate sceptical Richard Tice, who put Ward's alarmism on the spot.
MIT atmospheric scientist Prof Richard Lindzen says doubling CO2 only produces 1°C of warming and it's ridiculous to demonise a trace gas whose main role is as a fertiliser for plants.
Are lockdown fanatics, who seem unfussed about stunting children's lives with school closures, masks, distancing and endless testing, actually compensating for a lack of real meaning in their lives, asks Fraser Krats.
How much can we trust peer review? A new study finds that only 23% of reviewers say "reject" when a paper has a Nobel Prize winner on it, but 65% say "reject" when the same paper is authored by an unknown researcher.
Last week, the German Bundestag passed the Infection Protection Act, empowering federal states to impose mask mandates this winter. Why is Germany doubling down on a measure that does so little to prevent transmission?
The back-pedalling race has begun. Now that we have a new Prime Minister in the UK, let’s see who else joins the contest – who will be inspired to go next. The list is a long one.
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