Debunking The Debunking Of The Republican Brain

Debunking The Debunking Of The Republican Brain

Andrea Kuszewski is not a fan of a critique of some concepts in Chris Mooney's latest book, The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science--and Reality. Give it a read. Once she gets…
Lincoln Was An Atheist

Lincoln Was An Atheist

Unless he gets hit by a bus, Mitt Romney is going to be the Republican nominee and be given the opportunity to lose in the election this fall. I am not being a partisan liberal in saying that. He…
Should Science Subsidize Basket Weaving?

Should Science Subsidize Basket Weaving?

Two decades after colleges got politicians to declare a college education a 'right' (fuzzy correlation/causation statistics showing a college education meant higher lifetime earnings made that part…
Get Radical - And Maybe Be A Better Scientist

Get Radical - And Maybe Be A Better Scientist

In an open science community like Science 2.0, people will feel like they can just sign up and babble about anything and if you protest that what they are doing is not really science (wormholes,…
So Called Censorship And Real Censorship

So Called Censorship And Real Censorship

A statement about more people focusing on the content (rather than side issues) of my column lately has led to an out of hand comment section over on Enrico Uva’s Quote of the Week. The comments are…
Requiem for Humanity — Star Wars vs. Stone Age

Requiem for Humanity — Star Wars vs. Stone Age

SUMMARY George Friedman has observed that the entire pattern of traditional life is collapsing and no clear alternative patterns are emerging. This view is appropriate to our times. The human race is…
Chimp homicide?

Chimp homicide?

Recently, Real Clear Science drew our attention to Chimps show lethal side, about incidents where chimps kill other chimps.  Or “apes kill each other”, as the article actually says, but in my…