Archive for the ‘Science’ Category

Climate change is no catastrophe

November 15 | Posted by mrossol | Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Science

UnHerd by Michael Shellenberger, November 3, 2021

No global problem has ever been more exaggerated than climate change. As it has gone from being an obscure scientific question to a theme in popular culture, we’ve lost all sense of perspective. Here are the facts: in Europe, emissions in 2020 were 26% below 1990 levels. In the United States, emissions... Read more

The Lab-Leak-Theory Cover-Up – James B. Meigs, Commentary Magazine

September 30 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Coronavirus, Critical Thinking, Deep State, Liberal Press, Ruling Class, Science

July/August 2021

‘Someday we will stop talking about the lab leak theory and maybe even admit its racist roots. But alas, that day is not yet here,” a writer named Apoorva Mandavilli recently posted on Twitter. It would have been easy to scroll right past the comment—Twitter is full of people ranting about... Read more

Gaslighting, a Covid love story – by Alex Berenson – Unreported Truths

August 16 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Big Tech, Coronavirus, Science

Mr Berenson allows the data, the results speak for itself. And in light of the evidence, it appears as if a lot of statements and “promises” made by politicians and medical experts seem to be quite incorrect. Yet they keep pilling on the promises, and the public is the proverbial guinea pig. The public has to keep... Read more

How Steven Weinberg Transformed Physics and Physicists | Quanta Magazine

August 15 | Posted by mrossol | Interesting, Science

Aug 12, 2021 by Nima Arkani-Hamed Steven Weinberg, who died on July 23, towered over theoretical physics in the second half of the 20th century. He strongly believed that, armed only with the fundamental principles of relativity and quantum mechanics, the theoretical physicist can examine all phenomena in the universe — from the smallest to the largest scales. His work transformed... Read more

Effectiveness of Some COVID-19 Vaccines Has Dropped Significantly: Study

August 13 | Posted by mrossol | Coronavirus, Health, Science

Please, I know the study under discussion has not be peer-reviewed. If it turns out that further studies indicate otherwise, I will do my best to also post that. mrossol The Epoch Times,  8/12/2021   By Zachary Stieber

The effectiveness of the two most widely used COVID-19 vaccines in the United States has dropped significantly in July, a new... Read more

The Baloney Detection Kit

August 13 | Posted by mrossol | Critical Thinking, Interesting, Personal Development, Science

Brain Pickings, originally published January 5, 2014. Carl Sagan (November 9, 1934–December 20, 1996) was many things — a cosmic sage, voracious reader, hopeless romantic, and brilliant philosopher. But above all, he endures as our era’s greatest patron saint of reason and critical thinking, a master of the vital balance between skepticism and openness. In The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a... Read more

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