Why Science is Worth Studying.
Why Science is Worth Studying.Excerpts from a very good book -Rustic sounds and other studies in literature and natural historyby Sir Francis Darwin, 1917I found this book by Sir Francis Darwin to be...
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Stephen Hales - Climate Science Pioneer
Stephen Hales - Climate Science Pioneer#3 in a seriesStephen Hales (1677-1761) was a clergyman who devoted much of his time to scientific pursuits, especially in conducting experiments in plant...
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When Prophecy Fails: Analyzing Post-Election, Post-American Grief
One of the many classics in social psychology from the mid-20th century was Leon Festinger’s When Prophecy Fails (1956). The point of the study was to infiltrate a doomsday cult. It was a cult whose...
View ArticleWhen They Go Low, We Get High: What 50+ Years of Marijuana Research Tells Us
When I was a college professor, I used to tell my students the normal world is a crazy place. It’s still true. Sometimes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. According to Howard Becker...
View ArticleThe True Coin of Science
The True Coin of ScienceThere is a way of 'doing science' which has long stood the test of time. It doesn't matter how many people support a theory, or how eminent they may be. Nullius in verba -...
View ArticleThe Apotheosis of Hillary Clinton and the Resurrection of One Donald J. Trump...
In the dome of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., there is a painting called The Apotheosis of George Washington. The significance of this work of art cannot be underestimated. At the very least...
View ArticleThe Apotheosis of Hillary Clinton and the Resurrection of One Donald J. Trump...
The premise of this two-part blog post is that this presidential campaign has outdone every other. This time, the altered reality has already transpired and the election itself will be an anti-climax...
View ArticleCarbon Cycles by Arvid G. Högbom
Carbon Cycles by Arvid G. HögbomFor centuries it was commonly believed that the Earth's climate is, and always has been, stable. The idea that the climate, on the contrary, has always changed has its...
View ArticleEnjoy Processed Food This Christmas - Like People Did 4,000 Years Ago
Modern diet fads, like paleo, farm-to-fork, the weird Food Babe's if-she-can't-spell-it-you-shouldn't-eat-it beliefs, harken back to a simpler time when people lived off the land, and nothing had...
View ArticleWhen will Physics be Done?
Many people have predicted the end of fundamental physics. Often these are at the end of great progress such as the late 19th century when classical physics was quite well understood, or in the midst...
View Article5 Predictions for 2017!
#1. The Democrat Party Will Become the Party of Angry Black Peopleread more
View ArticleIs Emotional Hangover Real?
Everyone has heard of the hangover, it is that sluggish feeling after drinking too much alcohol- A group of psychologists now contend that emotional experiences can induce physiological and internal...
View ArticleLingua Franca Needed: Too Much Science Is Not Published In English
One-third of science is not published in the common language of science, English, and that prevents uptake of the results and citations for the researchers, according to a new analysis.Language...
View ArticleThere is no Morality and no Such Thing as Ethics
Today’s affirmative action professoriate like to talk as though they own the moral high ground because they are not white men. It’s a big act. Even before the affirmative action professoriate came into...
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Freud Was Right
To be science, there must be a theoretical foundation. What does psychology lack? A theoretical foundation. In fact, the only true theoretical foundation of psychology is widely derided by...
View ArticleThe Social Psychology of Policy Wonks Like Charles “Often-Wrong” Krauthammer
There are several reasons I could never be a political pundit. Much less one of the ilk of Charles Krauthammer, who has earned the respect of everyone, even those who do not like him very much. To be a...
View ArticleMoon Hoax Reloaded, The True Exploitation Of Blacks By Whites, Obama And...
If you are against the exploitation of Blacks, stop mislabeling, or do not stuff humans into dual categories at all. Look at each individual in her own right.read more
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