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A Study Of 2.4 Million Births: Tylenol Does Not Cause Autism. The White House Left That One Out.

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Charlie Kirk An American On The Level of Louis Farrakahn. Rest In Peace. He often quoted 'science' in a misleading way though.

Charlie Kirk was shot while exercising his constitutional American right to free speech. ...

Eric Weinstein's Geometric Unity Has A Fundamental Flaw. No Lagrangian, No Theory

Eric Weinstein's theory of Geometric Unity is wrong. So is every other so-called theory of everything...

There Is No Such Thing as a "Nuclear Scientist". There Are Only Physicists

Let’s bury the dangerous, lazy, and politically convenient idea that there exists a distinct...

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Fat Studies: Joelle Ruby Ryan profile of a fat scholar and supposed investigator.

Fat Studies: Joelle Ruby Ryan profile of a fat scholar and supposed investigator.

Sep 07 2009 | comment(s)

Every so often here a "investigation" by one Curtis Hinkle and the "transgender and intersexed community" will be cited. What about the people who did the investigating? Those anonymous members of the "transgender and intersexed" community. What they are like. It is on their word that the veracity of their conclusions, connections and extrapolations ought to be assessed. Ms. Joelle Ruby Ryan is one such person. This is a follow up to my previous blog post on the subject of fat studies "Is it about body acceptance and self esteem or jealousy".
Dumbing down of The Science Channel.

Dumbing down of The Science Channel.

Sep 02 2009 | comment(s)

More reality programs, less hard science coverage, and when they do cover hard science it's watered down.  This is all true as the production values of the programs have increased while the science value has decreased.  
When the science channel started many years ago here are some of the shows they had. 
  • Skeptical Inquirer  - Cold hands off debunking of things like acupuncture.
  • Understanding - in depth hard core exposition of physics, chemistry, or biology.
  • A number of documentary series. 
Fat Studies: Is it about body acceptance and self esteem, or jealousy?

Fat Studies: Is it about body acceptance and self esteem, or jealousy?

Aug 19 2009 | comment(s)

The goal of a world where body weight was not cause for discrimination or denigration is a nobel one, but at what cost?  In the zero sum game point of view some activist have it seems that for people of high BMI to gain, those who are of normal BMI must loose?  
Quantum field theory in curved space time, quantum gravity....They are one and the same.

Quantum field theory in curved space time, quantum gravity....They are one and the same.

Aug 07 2009 | comment(s)

Robert Wald has formulated QFT in curved space time in terms of it's algebra of observables on a manifold.  In doing so he has, perhaps unintentionally, provided framework in which very different theories of quantum gravity look very similar. 
A surge protector between your cable box/internet and your own electronics.

A surge protector between your cable box/internet and your own electronics.

Jul 24 2009 | comment(s)

Approximately $1500 worth of fried electronics has taught me a valuable lesson.
The blogosphere misses what peer review hits... for once.

The blogosphere misses what peer review hits... for once.

Jul 11 2009 | comment(s)

I posted a very short rough paper here a while back.  "Dark Matter and Energy as Particles and Fields of Unobserved Scalar and Vector Fields (PDF) (rev2).." Since then certain comments and supposed extremely elementary errors have been pointed out.  The following is a referee report from a well respected journal.  These are (mostly) valid critiques stated in a polite and professional manner.  None of the things which were pointed out by bloggers are here, which were for the most part so elementary that if true there would not even have been a peer review.