Musk’s philosophy of the future: I believe it should be curiosity about the Universe – expand humanity to become a multiplanet, then interstellar, species.
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Shermer writes, “the people promulgating these woke ideas are mostly true believers” and their fervor makes it easier to convince themselves, not others.
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Also, the great anti-assisted-suicide and disability-rights campaigner Diane Coleman — who founded Not Dead Yet — who recently passed away.
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Nature, a British publication, should stay out of American politics; otherwise, it breeds the very mistrust of the science sector that it decries.
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The editors of Nature are destroying a once venerable and important science journal. That’s bad for science, which is bad for the world. Shame.
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The zoo, where the elephants have lived for years, has a sterling reputation but the advocates believe that they know better what elephants would want.
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Lichtman’s Thirteen Keys to the White House prediction model for the presidency shows some evidence of p-hacking, as does Helmut Norpoth’s Primary Model.
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Some prediction models were developed by well-intentioned researchers before the perils of p-hacking were clearly understood, hence the failures.
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The idea that plants can “feel” things, based on their complex reactions, may stem from a misunderstanding of categories of consciousness.
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Dementia is not politically sensitive. But if the topic were, say, gender dysphoria, would honesty be likewise demanded? No wonder so many doubt science now.
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For many today, truth is whatever benefits Woke causes. Claims for truth that offer them no political benefit are seen as a threat, meriting a hostile response.
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The Woke, it turns out, are no more tolerant of atheists than they are of anyone else with divergent views. That may be what finally fells new atheism.
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Could it happen in the United States? Of course. It can happen anywhere where people are willing to ignore the demands of evidence in favor of private truth.
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When scientists engage in political partisanship, they abandon accuracy, regarding their choice a form of righteousness as long as the Good party wins.
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Increasingly, those who claim to be science’s greatest defenders do the sector wrong by becoming highly ideological and progressively partisan.
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What if a private craft is the first to discover extraterrestrial life? What laws apply?
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If AI systems such as ChatGPT cannot engage in conceptual thought, then they can only promote consensus, which is what we see.
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The science world has come to depend on China a great deal — for money, among other things — and dare not risk giving offense by unwanted discussion.
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Lately, columns in professional journals have argued repeatedly that our most contentious political controversies be redefined into issues of public health.
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If we obsess about polling data, all we will hear is the distorted echo of our own voices. We need to focus on issues and policies instead.
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