Of all the absurdities in modern-day America, none is sadder than our rejection of science, in particular, our broadspread and tightly held beliefs that our scientists are liars and crooks. This is just one of the tragic outcomes of what …
Category: Renewables – Science
Religion and Science
One Jim Palmer wrote an essay on the meme here that begins: Theology isn’t the free search for truth, but rather a defense of an already held position. No Jewish rabbi will come to the conclusion that the Hopi are …
Tagged with: religion and science
Power for Patriots
Whenever I come across these emergency power supplies sold to “patriots” I always wonder why products like these are targeted to Trump supporters. After all, don’t progressives need power backup in the case of outages? Upon further inspection, the answer …
Tagged with: emergency power
More on COVID-19
Responding to this post on COVID-19, in which Peter Spitzer, MD provides an update on the current state of the relevant epidemiology, a reader notes: I thought that Dr. Spitzer’s essay was interesting, thoughtful, well written, moderate and made a …
Tagged with: epidemiology
A Memory of Star Trek
When I was studying philosophy in the mid-1970s, my mentor was a considerable “Trekkie.” This, as us oldsters may remember, was the period in which the first Star Trek conventions began to emerge. I recall his expressing his commitment to …
Tagged with: philosophy
Scientific Consensus
The author of the meme here makes a good point. Scientific consensus pertains to the agreement of the data, not the human beings involved.
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On COVID-19
This is from an old friend, Peter Spitzer, MD (pictured), a fellow alumnus of the William Penn Charter School, class of 1973, who went on to specialize in infectious diseases. I feel fortunate to be a part of a monthly …
Tagged with: infectious diseases
Vaccination Exemption
Let’s start from the beginning. There is no such thing as a “vaccination exemption.” And even if there were, you don’t need one. No one can wrestle you to the ground and stab you with a needle. That said, in …
Tagged with: cholera, diphtheria, influenza, measles, mumps, pertussis (whooping cough), polio, rabies, scarlet fever, smallpox, tetanus, tick-borne encephalitis, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, typhus, yellow fever
God Works in Mysterious Ways
What to make of the meme here? Re: the existence of God, it’s a proposition one either accepts or rejects. Speaking strictly for myself, from my years as a small boy, I’ve always been impressed with Occam’s Razor, the idea …
Intellectual Humility Is as Out of Fashion as Bell-Bottom Jeans
The quote at left has been attributed to many of the world’s wisest people. Certainly the concept of Socratic Wisdom, i.e., “if I’m wise in any sense it’s because I know nothing,” goes back 2300+ years. This from ThoughtCo.com: Socratic …
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Tagged with: climate deniers
