Philosophy & Ethics

Activists And Academics Really Want To Know If You Bought A Gun

The anti-gun group Everytown for Gun Safety says someone is fatally shot or injured in a road rage incident every 16 hours.  Is that number real? Yes and no. The Gun Violence Archive they drew their claim from lumps criminals doing drive-by shootings and c ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 23 2023 - 6:01am

The Scramble To Govern Generative AI In Healthcare

In the 19th century, charlatans traveled around selling magic potions, tonics, and salves but to stop them no one decided to ban actual medical research. The issue facing "AI", which is short for Artificial Intelligence, is that the only people w ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 16 2023 - 9:28am

Facebook Will Continue Experimenting On Users Under Closed Guidelines

In June of this year, Facebook provoked a widespread public outcry after it became known that it had tried to manipulate the emotions of nearly 700,000 of its users as part of a social “experiment.” ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 2 2023 - 1:03pm

Waste: Some Scientists May Have Taken Millions In Duplicate Funding

When fiscal hawk Sen. Tom Coburn set his sights on waste (funding humanities nonsense) and duplication at the National Science Foundation, there was outrage that a politician might actually look out for how taxpayer money was used. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 30 2024 - 10:53am

Should You Resign Over A Paper You Disagree With?

Klaudia Brix of Jacobs University has resigned from the board of the Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology,  the official publication of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology, because a paper by prominent 'HIV does not cause AIDS' rese ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 31 2024 - 9:21am

Barely Half Of The Public Now Trusts Science- What To Do

When I was young, conservatives and liberals had equally high levels of trust in science. And it was high. Only progressives thought science was not a force for public good. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 2 2024 - 9:26am

ClimateGate Scientists Cleared Of Scientific Misconduct...Again

One of the subtleties of the human condition is that if you like or support someone or something, you can understand the nuances of what words mean differently than if you do not.   If you are a fan of WikiLeaks, for example, the ends justify the means and ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 7 2024 - 10:34am

Is Chris Portier The Andrew Wakefield Of Pesticides?

Christopher Portier, Ph.D., recently gave a deposition  in liability litigation hearings related to cases filed by environmental lawyers against Monsanto’s Roundup. If you are not aware, Dr. Portier is external special adviser to the International Agency ...

Article - David Zaruk - Mar 7 2024 - 11:20am

Misinformation Scholarship Is Not New, It Just Got More Attention When The Right Did It

Misinformation scholarship is not new, it just got more attention due to Brexit and Trump- and that's due to the left finally focusing on an issue when it's happening on the other side. Prior to 2021 there was little concern among the left about ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 3 2024 - 11:28am

If You Care About Earth Day, Stop Buying Organic, Fair Trade And Other Junk Stickers On Products

As Lenin's Birthday Earth Day approaches, all of media are pillaged by public relations flaks being paid by 'green' companies who are using capitalism to promote their financial form of environmental socialism. One thing they have in common; ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 18 2024 - 2:42pm