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Category Archives: Science
Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election
Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election Hunt Allcott, New York University Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University January 2017 Abstract We present new evidence on the role of false stories circulated on social media prior to the 2016 US presidential … Continue reading
Falsifiability Cartoon
Here is a swell little 90 second video distilling Karl Popper’s seminal notion of falsifiability.
Posted in Philosophy, Science
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Return of the White Death
In “Return of the White Death: the threat of new strains of TB”, Drew Smith, a PhD molecular biologist at the University of Colorado, opines on new strains of tuberculosis (TB) rearing its ugly head. TB accounted for a quarter … Continue reading
Posted in International, Science
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Douthat: Books for the Trump Era
In “Books for the Trump Era”, apologetic, hat-in-hand, cuckservative, and token NYT’s “conservative ”Ross Douthat recommends some reading for those on the Left still stunned by Trump’s win. After name-dropping, to prove he’s well-versed in liberal authors (“Look, I read … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Culture Wars, Literature, Sociology
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Mothers of Boys with “Gender Identity Disorder”
It’s a study from way back in 1991. So why haven’t we heard about it on CNN? Will they or other media outlets be discussing this rather significant aspect (e.g., a cultural mediating factor) of “gender identity disorder” (GID) amongst young … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars, Psychology
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Culture Arises From The Cult
“We must remind ourselves, to begin, that culture arises from the cult: out of the religious bond and the sense of the sacred grow any civilization’s agriculture, its common defense, its orderly towns, its ingenious architecture, its literature, its music, … Continue reading
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CIS: Jason Richwine
Here’s a nice 16 min panel discussion at The Center for Immigration Studies, featuring Jason Richwine, the persona non grata fired from the Heritage Foundation due to political correctness. The talk focuses on low-skill Americans dropping out of the labor … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Sociology
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Gallup: Trust in Media at All-Time Low
More good news for Trump: Trust in the media has reached another all-time low, according to a Gallup study. “Americans’ trust and confidence in the mass media ‘to report the news fully, accurately and fairly’ has dropped to its lowest … Continue reading
White Death: Politico
If you want to marvel at liberals’ penchant for cocktail party insularity from Flyover America, check out “What’s Going on With America’s White People?”: Trump’s rise put a sudden spotlight on the troubles of white working-class Americans. A conversation with … Continue reading
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Physicists Confirm Possible Discovery of 5th Force of Nature
It’s incredible, the speed with which new discoveries in physics are taking place: Recent findings indicating the possible discovery of a previously unknown subatomic particle may be evidence of a fifth fundamental force of nature, according to a paper published … Continue reading
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