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Labels, Categories and the Fall of Rome

Labels, Categories and the Fall of Rome

Matt Judd Normally when I attempt to write one of these essays, I try to remember what my English teacher taught me last century and have an introduction, a body and a conclusion. I also try to give articles some sort of legitimacy by attaching a link or two to

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It’s All Go for the Moon

It’s All Go for the Moon

These are busy times for the Moon. Not since the Space Race has there been so much activity on and around Earth’s satellite. More interestingly, the new flurry of space activity is putting the Cold War paradigm of USA/Russia to bed: recent Moon probes have been sent by

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The Ethical Issues of Brain Implants

The Ethical Issues of Brain Implants

Nancy S. Jecker Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Washington Andrew Ko Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Washington University of Washington Putting a computer inside someone’s brain used to feel like the edge of science fiction. Today, it’s a

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Want Some Factor 100,000,000 Sunscreen?

Want Some Factor 100,000,000 Sunscreen?

Climate modeller Dr Nakamura Mototaka states that climate models are “useless junk” and “produce gravely misleading output”. One major reason for this is that they treat solar output as a constant – which we know perfectly well is simply absurd. The sun’s output is constantly fluctuating, often dramatically. Some scientists

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The Clap Heard across the Atlantic

Anyone who thinks science is pure and incorruptible has clearly never studied the history of science. From Phrenology to Lysenkoism, Glacial Cosmology to Cold Fusion, science is littered with frauds and vicious ideologues. Certainly, the self-correcting nature of science means that they get weeded out – eventually – but the fact remains

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Science Denial: Lia Thomas’ Biological Edge ‘Is Not the Problem’

Sarah Parshall Perry Sarah Parshall Perry is a senior legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation . http://www.heritage.org/ PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com Susan Shaw, a women’s and gender studies professor at Oregon State, penned a

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All in the Mind, like It or Not

All in the Mind, like It or Not

For all their blatherskite about “following the science!” the left are all-too-ready to throw science under the knee of Lysenko-like thugs, the instant scientific evidence points to a conclusion they don’t like. We saw this all too clearly during the pandemic. As scholar Wilfred Reilly elaborates in his book,

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Are Bibles Better than COVID Vaccines?

Are Bibles Better than COVID Vaccines?

Would New Zealanders have been better off praying, rather than vaccinating, during Covid? Some recent studies might separately suggest so. Firstly, two Cambridge-led studies found that religious people coped with the pandemic — or, more correctly, with the draconian lockdown policies governments imposed in response better than secular people. Cambridge University-led

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Are Bone-Building Drugs Safe and Effective?

Gary Moller Gary Moller is a health practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com In recent times, there has been a

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Perfect – But for One Teensy Little Detail

Perfect – But for One Teensy Little Detail

Well, you’ve got to hand it to Japan’s space agency, they know how to put a positive spin on things. Japan joined the latter-day Moon race by landing its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), nearly a fortnight ago. As the Japan Times reported, the lander touched down

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Yes, Lightning Can Strike Twice

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Look at the crest below for Baradene College of the Sacred Heart, a girl’s school in Auckland. Note the name, study the crest, and come back to it after the account that follows. Sometimes, it seems like New Zealanders are

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The Adverse Events Study: Questioning the Research

The Adverse Events Study: Questioning the Research

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Once again, we have reasons to be concerned about the integrity of New Zealand research. The series of events around the New Zealand Covid vaccine adverse events study have once again highlighted the lengths to which those who wish to deceive

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How Music Heals Us, Even When It’s Sad

Leigh Riby Professor of Cognitive-Neuroscience, Department of Psychology Northumbria University, Newcastle When I hear Shania Twain’s You’re Still The One, it takes me back to when I was 15, playing on my Dad’s PC. I was tidying up the mess after he had tried to [take his

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How Often Do You Lie?

How Often Do You Lie?

Christian B. Miller Wake Forest University Prominent cases of purported lying continue to dominate the news cycle. Hunter Biden was charged with lying on a government form while purchasing a handgun. Republican Representative George Santos allegedly lied in many ways, including to donors through a third party in order to

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Studies on Masks and the Asymptomatic

Studies on Masks and the Asymptomatic

Transcriber B Transcribing missed information for the historical record since 2021. transcriberb.substack.com The Myth of the Asymptomatic Spreader Pam Popper, posted September 22, 2023 https://rumble.com/v3ja12a-the-myth-of-the-asymptomatic-spreader.html !function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]

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How Movies Use Music to Manipulate Your Memory

Libby Damjanovic Research Fellow of Psychology Lund University Around one in five American adults manage to squeeze in watching a movie on a daily basis. It’s a great way to escape the daily grind and unwind with loved ones. But, what can you actually remember about last night’s

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