Tag: David Klinghoffer

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Author
News
Date
July 23, 2023

Categorized
Science, Technology

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David Berlinski, David Klinghoffer, Human Nature (book), Science After Babel (book), The Enlightenment, Titan, Titanic, Wall Street Journal}

The Titanic: A Sobering Tale About the Fragility of Technological “Progress”

_{The hopes of the Enlightenment were tragically short lived} _{News

July 23, 2023

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Science, Technology}

Much like the Titanic, and a bit like the Titan, so much was expected at the glorious launch of the experiment in human reasoning. Read More ›

Female politician talking on media press conference, public relations, event

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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 20, 2022

Categorized
Media, Philosophy, Religion, Science

Tagged
Carl Sagan, David Klinghoffer, Nicholas Wade on COVID origin, Nicholas Wade on science writing, Population bomb claims, Sabine Hossenfelder, Science writers, Science writers and credulity, Steven Novella on science writing}

Why Science News Sucks — A Response to a Disgusted Physicist

_{There are reasons why science journalists can't usually be skeptical in the way that other journalists can. Here are some of them} _{Denyse O'Leary

June 20, 2022

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Media, Philosophy, Religion, Science}

In her usual forthright manner, theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder asks, by blog post and Youtube video, “Why does science news suck so much? It’s hardly an original question but among her suggested answers are some thoughtful reflections, including 9. Don’t forget that science is fallible A lot of media coverage on science policy remembers that science is fallible only when it’s convenient for them. When they’ve proclaimed something as fact that later turns out to be wrong, then they’ll blame science. Because science is fallible. Facemasks? Yeah, well, we lacked the data. Alright. But that’d be more convincing if science news acknowledged that their information might be wrong in the first place. The population bomb? Peak oil? The new ice Read More ›