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Read more...Category Archives: Science and the scientific method
KLG: When Science Becomes Embroiled in Conflict
Who are these scientists and what are their motivations? The default position of the powers-that-be has been to view scientists as disinterested seekers of the truth of the natural world. However, scientists and their patrons who are “science adjacent” can be anything but disinterested.
Read more...Philip Zelikow and the Covid Crisis Group’s “Lessons from a Covid War”: A Pre-Review
It may be that a book is as close as we will come to a Truth and Reconcilation Commission on the Covid pandemic. Will that be enough?
Read more...Berenson: Moderna Falsely Said No Serious Adverse Vaccine Effects in Phase 2 Trial; Their Own Data Says Otherwise
Finally a smoking gun on Covid vaccine injuries? Alex Berenson may have found one in Moderna’s own data.
Read more...Hoisted From Comments: “A Tale of Two Sciences”
Pontius Pilate asked, “What is truth?” Time to ask “What is science?” since our market system creates sciences that aren’t very scientific.
Read more...Amid Efforts to Cool the Planet, Solar Geoengineering Draws Heated Debate
Geoengineering schemes are getting more press as CO2 levels keep rising. But how can their risks be assessed?
Read more...Vaccine Effectiveness and Scientific Communication During COVID-19
Scientists and public health officials didn’t do a great job of explaining Covid vaccine efficacy. Laziness? Arrognace? Obfusction?
Read more...How Does SARS-CoV-2 Cause Disease? A Current Report
A new paper recaps what the more solid studies have found about how SARS-CoV-2 does harm.
Read more...The Crisis in Scientific Publication: Peer Review, Authorship, Responsibility, and the Future of Science
Science is rotting thanks to bad metrics and bad publisher incentives.
Read more...New, Buzzy Cochrane Study Sets the “Fools Gold” Standard for Anti-Maskers
Putting on my yellow waders for the Cochrane study,
Read more...KLG: Why Trust Science in the 21st Century? An Object Lesson
Despite the “trust the science” mantra during the current pandemic, everyone should expect to see the data, all of it, minus any selective gloss. Who pays and for what makes a difference.
Read more...The Black Death May Not Have Been Spread by Rats After All
A supposedly settled fact, that rats played a huge role in the European bubonic plague outbreak called the Black Death, may be all wrong.
Read more...Long COVID Stemmed from Mild Cases of COVID-19 in Most People
Bit by bit, getting a clearer picture of long Covid.
Read more...The Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: Where Do We Stand and Where Should We Go Regarding Social and Biomedical Responses to Pandemic?
As Covid vaccines underperform and for some groups, present risks, an article in a prominent metical ethics journal calls for mandates to end.
Read more...Salvador Luria, 1912-1991: A Scientist for Our Time
On accomplished scientist, institution-builder, teacher and activitst Salvadore Luria.
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