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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It would be a disastrous idea because sometimes creative decision-making is critical, but AI is and will remain clueless about that.
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His letter to the House Committee, strategically or otherwise, doesn’t say whether Meta would have made the same decisions without government pressure.
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In a world of private truth that owes nothing to either faith or science, dissenting opinion is an invasion from an alien universe. Stay safe by not hearing.
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Idea boycotts have been known to suppress new ideas for centuries. It used to be thought of as a negative idea, a sort of dark ages…
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Science — when it gets in the way of Woke culture — is beginning to get the same treatment as religion: ignored, mocked, rewritten, and eventually attacked.
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In a world where panpsychism is the science and neo-paganism is the art, environment activists’ rights will increase and workers’ rights will decrease.
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Although Narayanan frowns on pro-lifers using information to show the individual humanity of the unborn child, that’s clearly where the science points.
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