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The Multiverse Hides The Problem It Was Supposed To Solve, And Calls It Solved
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The Multiverse Hides The Problem It Was Supposed To Solve, And Calls It Solved

Let's end the review of Sabine Hossenfelder's book. We did some already: Emergence, Entropy, and Many Worlds. With this post, we'll have covered the most interesting topics. Old Hoss, and…
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Broken Science Talks Now Online
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Broken Science Talks Now Online

Our first ever Broken Science event was in February, and the talks are now online. Watch them all here. These are all up late because the sound was busted, and,…
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Modulation of Ice Ages – Without CO2 — Guest Post by Ralph Ellis
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Modulation of Ice Ages – Without CO2 — Guest Post by Ralph Ellis

Ellis sent me his paper "Modulation of Ice-ages via Precession and Dust-Albedo Feedbacks" in Geoscience Frontiers, and I found it rather intriguing. To greatly simplify: CO2 is good for you,…
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Lawyers Seek To Add Stock Of Lawyer Jokes By Demanding Oil Companies Be Prosecuted For Homicide
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Lawyers Seek To Add Stock Of Lawyer Jokes By Demanding Oil Companies Be Prosecuted For Homicide

We would none of us be shocked to learn a lawyer has latched onto a lawsuit designed to squeeze a wealthy corporation, a corporation whose business is no longer fashionable…
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An Instance Of How “The Science” Is Produced: Gender Equality Edition
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An Instance Of How “The Science” Is Produced: Gender Equality Edition

This post is, as they say, in the weeds. But it's necessary for those who want to know how The Science is produced. I saw a tweet, the veracity of…
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Chinese Researchers Announce Kids Raised By “Sexual Minority” Parents Do Better Than Normal Kids
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Chinese Researchers Announce Kids Raised By “Sexual Minority” Parents Do Better Than Normal Kids

A curious, if not bizarre, peer-reviewed paper has emerged, which said things like this: "The quantitative synthesis results suggested that sexual minority families may perform better in children’s psychological adjustment…
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Leighton Smith Podcast: Everything You Believe Is Wrong
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Leighton Smith Podcast: Everything You Believe Is Wrong

Leighton Smith of New Zealand kindly had me on his podcast Wednesday. We discussed, among other matters, my book Everything You Believe Is Wrong. You know, the one my enemies…
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Researchers Who Accept Regime Funding Should Disclose Their Conflict Of Interest
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Researchers Who Accept Regime Funding Should Disclose Their Conflict Of Interest

Shocking report in science money news came out last week. Seems "Six fossil fuel companies funneled more than $700m in research funding to 27 universities in the US from 2010…
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