The guy has a point. Those with fanatical views tend to be consistent in their fanaticism. Note that very little of this existed five years ago. Now we have millions of people who believe, from the BBC: the completely unfounded …
Tag: flat-Earthers
Good Point, Bad Analogy
There are times in life when the point being made here is 100% apt. It applies very nicely to beliefs: religion, art, philosophy, even the political positions that had existed until recently. However, it does not apply at all to …
Is the PC Culture Really “Corrosive?”
I’ve heard lots of people say that political correctness is equivalent to shutting down free speech, but I’ve never understood it. Take the most offensive and least PC thing you can think of. Maybe it’s the Proud Boys saying that …
Good Thing We Have an Expert On Board!
We all know people who, despite knowing nothing about a certain scientific discipline, have unshakable convictions that fly in the teeth of the experts in the area–that they feel compelled to impose onto others. Before QAnon, this was largely confined …
Tagged with: anti-vaxxers, climate denying, flat-Earthers, pandemic hoaxers, Qanon, school-shooting hoaxers
Censorship in Academia
The conservative reader I wrote about here responded to my earlier post: The Democrats are destroying presenting two sides in academia, by banning conservative speakers. Well, first, as I mentioned, there is a difference between “conservative” opinions and language that …
Science Is Living on the Brink
From Historic Moments: This is known as one of medicine’s most incredible moments. In 1922, at the University of Toronto, scientists went to a hospital ward with children who were comatose and dying from diabetic keto-acidosis. Imagine a room full …
