Science & Society

Joe Rogan, And Other Podcasters, "Influence" Does Not Equal Expertise, Let Alone Data. Science Is Not Debate, It Is Data Lead.

E ven a website by researchers who support the use of Ivermectin say you need to get vaccinated. So why do people like Joe Rogan and other podcaster/influencers lean into anti vaccine anti science and counterfactual rhetoric? Vaccines should not be mandat ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 15 2022 - 1:58pm

Growing Anti Germ Theory Denialism And COVID 19, Anti-Science That Makes Flat Earthers Look Brilliant.

D isease is caused by microbes, viruses, and bacteria. In the case of cancer, it is an overgrowth of your own human cells in a disorderly way. Microbiology is even more indisputable than any astronomical fact. In fact, it is so solid that the best referen ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 20 2022 - 12:46pm

TMT and Hawaiian Homelands Issues, Progress, Justice, And Work to be done.

T he Thirty Meter Telescope is moving forward as the state of Hawaii seeks to address real injustices done to the Native Hawaiians, issues brought to wider attention by the protest building TMT. When astronomers say that having a Thirty Meter Telescope at ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 22 2022 - 12:49pm

Jordan B Peterson: There's No Such Thing As Climate. A Way To Make Anti-Germ Theory People Look Like Nobel Prizewinners

J ordan B Peterson denying that climate exist because climate scientist model it with a finite set of variables is simply wrong. Hard sciences use a finite set of variables and an infinite set of mathematical operations to model, approximate, and describe ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jan 26 2022 - 10:01am

Conspirituality Is Finally Getting Called Out For What It Is- Anti-Science Cranks And Alternative Medicine Hucksters

Last year, when CNN journalist Chris Cuomo was recovering from COVID-19, he endorsed all sorts of homeopathy and alternatives to medicine. It's no surprise, he is married to an influencer who just happens to sell those placebos to other wealthy, white ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 31 2022 - 1:05pm

Simulated Worlds and Transgender Allegories Of The Matrix. Even When You Rebel You Are Controlled.

T he whole observable universe cannot be a simulation by some future version of humans or by computers using humans as a source of converting biomass into energy and providing a richer simulation. The Matrix movies were convinced as a transgender allegory ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Feb 5 2022 - 3:02pm

Science-Based Last Minute Stocking Stuffers For A Pandemic Christmas

It's that time of the year, a few days until Christmas and you bought everything on that Amazon wishlist but it doesn't feel all that creative. If you are like me, masks everywhere can be a bit of a downer, so you want things you can order. These ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 8 2022 - 2:35pm

International Day Of Women in Science, Mansplained To By Freedom Convoy Supporters

T oday we celebrate women in STEM. Meaning adult human females or anyone who identifies as a woman and lives as a woman who against so many stereotypes is a STEM professional. I am most proud to work as a member of the LISA consortium as a small part of t ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Feb 11 2022 - 5:00pm

COVID-19: It Increased Trust In Science Among Germans And Lowered It Among Americans

There is little good resulting from the pandemic, except for the fantastic innovation behind the vaccines. A few months ago politicians told companies to stop being greedy and pay more money to people who stopped working when government paid people not to ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 17 2022 - 1:56pm

On TV, Government Law Enforcement Can Do No Wrong, But In Reality Databases Are Wrong Nearly 20% Of The Time

If you watched film and television from an alien spacecraft, you'd wonder how the same government that created a CDC which needs 6 weeks to tell the public that lettuce has E. coli on it can also create "Mission Impossible" plots and shows w ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 21 2022 - 9:46am