“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
HAPPY NEW YEAR! This is our SIXTH New Year, as we are now over FIVE years old. https://youtu.be/gQdxBOb8OyI AND HERE WE GO! Joe Biden didn’t win. This is our Real President: AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS. This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open - VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel … Continue reading Dear KMAG: 20240101 Joe Biden Didn’t Win ❀ Open Topic NEW YEAR SPECIAL 2024
No, not THAT Weinstein - THIS ONE. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opinion/intellectual-dark-web.html Or THIS ONE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hx7iBP5D2w Or this one. https://youtu.be/2wq9x2QcZN0 Eric Weinstein is an interesting Twitter follow. He has opinions which I would say land square in the middle of the "new skeptical intelligentsia", part of which would include the "intellectual dark web", part of which would be outside … Continue reading 2A Supporters: Are You Ready to Take the Weinstein Challenge?
I almost cannot believe that I am writing this. Forty years ago, I would have been writing this as a letter to the editor of my favorite science association magazine, AFTER the president of that association would have ALREADY said something similar PUBLICLY to the President of the United States, BUT - well - times … Continue reading Discernment 101: Weak Acids, Strong Acids, and the Kind They Are Taking In Portland