Human knowledge has progressed exponentially since the dawn of modern science. It is no longer reasonable to accept claims without sufficient objective evidence. The harm from religion, alternatives to medicine, conservatism, and all other false beliefs will be exposed on this blog by reporting the findings of science. This blog will also reinforce what should be the basics of education: History, Civics, Financial Literacy, Media Literacy, and Critical/Science Based Thinking.
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Reporting Of Early Scientific Research
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Instagram And Mental Health
Recently, Facebook and Instagram have been taking a lot of heat over the supposed dangers of Instagram on the young. What the science says may surprise you. (link)
Thursday, October 28, 2021
What To Do About The Evil That Is Right-Wing Media?
Click on the link below for a detailed podcast focusing on the history of Faux News but also delves into the general problem of the evils of right-wing media. In the middle of the podcast, there was a brief discussion over how hard it has been to attenuate it. One suggestion mentioned with which I agree is to focus on confronting the employees of the offenders. Do you have any friends or relatives that qualify?
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Media Bias In Favor Of Liberals?
There is much heat and not enough light on the subject of media bias. From my perspective, which is that the truth has a liberal bias, the conservatives are projecting and deceiving the public. Click on the links below for the truth on the subject:
Social media: Is it really biased against US Republicans?
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Are You Using Wikipedia?
The internet can be a treacherous place if one is looking for unbiased information. Unfortunately, the political right and other magical thinking entities muddy the waters in an attempt to discredit legitimate resources. One such target is Wikipedia. The truth about Wikipedia is that it deserves to be at least an initial "go-to" resource. One of the top fact-checking websites is Media Bias/Fact Check and it has included it in its "Least Biased" sources (link).
Click on the link below for a podcast discussing in detail the history, policies, and procedures of Wikipedia:
Friday, July 31, 2020
PragerU Exposed
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Alternatives To Medicine CAN Be Attacked
Little-Known Acts of Skepticism and How to Join the Home Front for Science
Monday, March 30, 2020
Comedians Have Figured Out The Trick To Covering Trump
Click on the link below:
Every Media reporter needs to internalize this.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
It's Not Just Facebook
"For this filtering, it has become common to look at the number of citations that a paper receives. And this does cause problems, because the number of citations may be entirely disconnected from the real-world impact of a research direction. The only thing the number of citations really demonstrates is popularity. Citations are a measure that’s as disconnected from scientific relevance as the number of likes is from the truth value of an article on Facebook.
"Of course, the two situations are different in some ways. For example on social media, there is little tradition of quoting sources. This has the effect that a lot of outlets copy news from each other and that it is extra hard to check the accuracy of a statement. Another difference is that social media has a much faster turnover-rate than scientific publications. This means on social media people don’t have a lot of time to think before they pass on information. But in both cases, we have a problem caused by the near-monopoly of a single algorithm."
The trouble with Facebook and what it has in common with scientific publishing
Friday, December 6, 2019
Ben Shapiro Exposed
Ten Horrible Ben Shapiro Arguments Debunked
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Besides Racism, The Main Reason We Have Trump
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Fox News Viewers Are Not Absorbing Real News
Fox News is like an all-you-can-eat buffet, serving up red meat. A more balanced diet might be healthier in the long run.
Sunday, November 13, 2016
We Are Talking To Ourselves As The World Collapses
Please let me digress a bit before launching into the main reason for this post. Science literally means "knowledge." The opposite of knowledge is ignorance, which ruled the planet until the beginning of the "Enlightenment" and the scientific revolution. Would anyone really want to live in the ignorance prior to this change? Then why let it creep back into society? Steven Pinker talks about the positive effects of enlightened and scientific thinking. Sam Harris challenges the claim that science is morally neutral. Following are points from Sam's ideas that everyone who thinks science only deals with "is" and not "should" needs to be aware of (Credit: Harriet Hall, the author of the article):
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Good Health And Nutrition Advise Available
- '83 percent of women said they have trouble telling the difference between a legitimate scientific study and one designed to scare them; and
- 87 percent of women say they have a tough time finding sources for health and wellness information that they can trust.'
While we have no further information about the reliability of this survey or its generalization, these figures surprised us, and motivated us to reprint some advice about who to trust, and who not to trust."
It's Easy to Find Good Health/Wellness Information — Read ACSH
Saturday, September 3, 2016
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
The Subtle Assumption Of Unsupported Dogma By The Media
NBC News tacitly accepts Heaven
Sunday, August 14, 2016
A Look At The Question Of Media Bias
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Time To Enlighten Celebrities And Consumers
Famous Singers Make Your Kids Fat
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Uncertainty In Medicine
Medicine is an uncertain business. It is an applied science - - -.
Friday, May 20, 2016
Medical Science Spin Is A Widespread Problem
So, who's hyping the science? Everybody, it turns out.