Science & Society

State Secrecy After A Trivial Invasion: A Personal Anecdote

On August 21, 10:25:20 and 10:51:16, a mid-level aid on my opponent's staff signed up on my Political Action Committee's website to " Turn out voters, Make policy, Fundraise, Volunteer in general" on both occasions.  This occurred only ...

Article - Ed Chen - Jan 11 2024 - 2:14pm

After Boom And Bust Ends: The World Is Richer Than Ever, Well-Being Will Involve Social Factors In The Future

Though we're at the tail end of the third coronavirus pandemic of the last 18 years, and a billion people in the world still use wood and dung for energy, and some people still starve, things are better than ever before.  The mountains and valleys of ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 11 2024 - 2:41pm

There’s DEI, And Then There’s DEI

A job interview, some years back, at No Name University (NNU). I was the candidate. The diversity question, pitched right on schedule. The surprise was who asked it. Of the seven search committee members (plus the search firm rep) only one was a person of ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Jan 12 2024 - 10:34am

Statistical Methods For Fundamental Science Course Starts Tomorrow

From tomorrow onwards (once or twice a week until February 5), I will be giving an online course on the topic of " Statistical Methods for Fundamental Science " for the INSTATS organization. This is a 5-day, 15-hour set of lectures that I put tog ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jan 14 2024 - 6:43am

Resilience: Debunking The Debunker

Sarah Green Carmichael, in a Bloomberg News item titled “You don’t need more resilience, you need friends, and money” debunks the business gurus who tell us all resilience comes from inside us. Sarah’s thesis is that our environments determine our resilie ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Jan 15 2024 - 10:55am

The Harvard Anti-Semitism Controversy Also Revealed The Scholarship Cancer Inside Academia

University of Kentucky political science Professor Stephen Voss, who was plagiarized by Harvard President Claudine Gay, said it was no big deal. It was even expected she would use his work without attribution? He seems to think so. “It would have been quit ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 15 2024 - 7:26pm

Scare Journalism And Miracle Cures: American Media Prefer Weak Observational Studies

A new analysis has affirmed what many in the science audience already knew; mainstream media prefer weak observational studies. It's why you're reading this article here instead of the New York Times. And that is not just in regards to social psy ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 24 2024 - 8:40am

"It Was Not Designed As A Science Experiment"- Seralini Speaks Some Truth

Dr. Gilles-Eric Seralini, the go-to researcher for Big Organic marketing groups and the partisan media enablers (SourceWatch, US Right To Know, Mother Jones) they fund, finally wrote something accurate in a paper- "it was not designed as a scientific ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 26 2024 - 10:07am

Why Do More Environmentalists And Organic Food Shoppers Believe Vaccines Cause Autism?

I enjoyed a drink one time with a fellow who was, even for science blogging, left of left.    I won't name names because it doesn't matter, he is a talented writer and a good guy but I always feel like he loves politics more than science and his ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 31 2024 - 9:30am

The Hill Promotes A Cell Phone Conspiracy Theorist

The Hill ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 4 2024 - 9:56am