Posted on Dec 5, 2022 | Comments Off on Distributive Justice: People Claim They Want More Income Fairness Until They Realize It Hurts Others
Distributive justice is the subject of social, and therefore political, debate, but like 'sustainability' no one really knows what it means so it can mean anything to anyone. And therefore be used by everyone for their agendas. Socialists in New York City are against the mayor's plan to take people who are clearly mental ill in the homeless population and hospitalize them, for example, they say...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2022 | Comments Off on America Leads The World In Science – And Anti-Science Conspiracy Theories
With a tiny fraction of the world population, the United States dominates science output. America dominates in Nobel prizes, and adult science literacy.Yet leading the world in science literacy needs under 30% of its people, so it isn't that America is great, it is more that other countries are terrible. Anyone looking at the science policies of Europe - 'anything but science' is the default -...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2022 | Comments Off on ‘What Hath God Wrought’ – Today, Luddites Are Concerned About Weedkillers Like They Once Were The Telegraph
Do you believe the telegraph was giving telegraph operators cancer? If not, it's only because there was no Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or US Right To Know group promoting fear and doubt about it the way they do vaccines, food, and cell phones.On May 24th, 1844 a telegram was sent from the Capitol because Samuel Morse, the inventor, wanted a government contract. Because he was diplomatic, he let the...
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Posted on Sep 19, 2022 | Comments Off on Don’t Be A Charles About Science: The New Prince Of Wales Should Divest From Mystical Organic Beliefs
England is in crisis. They lost a beloved figurehead this month but for decades prior were losing scientific ground. If you look for the home of the modern organic food and anti-vaccine movements, you find their nexus in 1990s England.The primary royal behind those beliefs is now King Charles III. read...
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Posted on Sep 19, 2022 | Comments Off on Don’t Be A Charles About Science: The New Prince Of Wales Should Divest From Mystical Organic Beliefs
England is in crisis. They lost a beloved figurehead this month but for decades prior were losing scientific ground. If you look for the home of the modern organic food and anti-vaccine movements, you find their nexus in 1990s England.The primary royal behind those beliefs is now King Charles III. read...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2022 | Comments Off on Monsanto Gets 5th VIctory Over Predatory Lawyers In Roundup Case
Roundup, and its important ingredient glyphosate, act on a biological pathway only found in plants. In the American legal system, science is basically irrelevant in a jury trial, though, so anyone can sue over anything. Only in an appeal will science in science and health lawsuits be important.Yet sometimes the science is so clear no jury outside California is so opposed to evidence that they...
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