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Anonymous Sources and Anti Trump Confirmation Bias. OPINION

M ainstream “news” has a problem. Reporters for more traditional big name organizations no longer need to present actual proof of anything they report.  The reason mainstream reporters do this is to feed the beast of the 24-72 hour news cycle.  The most r ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Sep 5 2020 - 9:52pm

Life in the Universe

life in the universe Abstract:  A living being is a concrete object which does peculiar actions. Living beings can be classified in to two categories with respect to human sense. One category is sensible living beings; which are like animals, plants, etc. ...

Blog Post - Veera Raghavaiah ... - Sep 17 2020 - 12:49am

SciComm: If Our Science Tribe Was A Dungeons & Dragons Campaign

I've never been much for the word "tribe." It sounds too insular in 2018, the kind of term (see also "zeitgeist", "heteronormative", and "schadenfreude") thrown around by postmodernists with their heads in the ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 21 2020 - 11:48am

President Trump, How About Those Aliens? Conspiracy Debunked.

I f there is some government conspiracy to hide the existence of extra-terrestrial life then the current president would be the man to declassify all of it.  So, in the unlikely hope the president sees this I ask, in all seriousness, with some humor throw ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Nov 6 2020 - 9:22am

UPDATE: Donald Trump Not Resigning, Pence Agrees To Work With Him To the End Of Term.

T he following is an evolving news story. It seems that a disgruntled staffer changed the website of the department of state to indicate that the President has resigned. This appears to be false. I have sought comment from the White House, the personnel o ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 12 2021 - 12:57am

Coca-Cola And Disney Succeeed Because They Have Linguistically Feminine Names, Says A New Paper

Coca-Cola and Disney do not simply share being on Interbrand's Global Top Brands, says a new paper, they also share linguistically feminine names, and that helps their success with men and women. In fact, the highest-ranking companies have, on average ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 17 2021 - 4:11pm

World Science Festival

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Blog Post - M G - May 18 2021 - 12:10am

Heteronormative Biases And Hermeneutic Phenomenology In Mass Effect 3

This paper seeks to address hypermasculinity and the settled heteronormative value system embodied in public-policy actors, primarily the White-centered hegemonic masculinity that has created negative performative aspects of cultural identity constructions ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 7 2021 - 1:08pm

Xenophobia And Cake Mix

I live in California but my pre-Baby Boomer mother is still a Florida girl, ensconced in a nice house courtesy of my brother, with terrific neighbors who care a lot about her and kind people everywhere we go. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 6 2021 - 2:14pm

False Equivalence One Side Never Mentions

False equivalence was the big deal two weeks ago, with political advocates Googling for evidence that there might be a Republican with a science Ph.D. (and then ostracizing any found, in the name of tolerance and diversity) and generally out to debunk the ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 31 2021 - 5:06pm