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"2023-04-02T15:55:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-30d4-71a3-ae57-93d8bf645fe6", "title": "dissent, patriotism, and skepticism versus twisted dissent, fake skepticism, and plastic patriotism", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2022/06/29/dissent-patriotism-and-skepticism-versus-twisted-dissent-fake-skepticism-and-plastic-patriotism/", "published_at": "2022-06-29T20:30:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-30d4-71a3-ae57-93d8c01f5e75", "title": "Yup, there is a consensus on climate change. 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"01a0cb2c-30d4-71a3-ae57-93d8c7b82ecf", "title": "A Short History of Real Fake News (Part 3 of the Fake News Series)", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/08/14/a-short-history-of-real-fake-news-part-3-of-the-fake-news-series/", "published_at": "2020-08-14T18:43:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-30d4-71a3-ae57-93d8c8468dd5", "title": "What is and is not Fake News (Part 2 of the Fake News Series)", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/08/14/what-is-and-is-not-fake-news-part-2-of-the-fake-news-series/", "published_at": "2020-08-14T18:37:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b08704b01", "title": "Fake News and Inakurate Info: Introduction", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/08/07/fake-news-and-innacurate-info-introduction/", "published_at": "2020-08-07T22:14:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b08719a14", "title": "A veteran’s erratic reflection on the bigger picture.", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/07/12/a-veterans-erratic-reflection-on-the-bigger-picture/", "published_at": "2020-07-12T22:02:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b0964da4b", "title": "Fallacy of division & composition", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/07/10/fallacy-of-division/", "published_at": "2020-07-11T04:05:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b099acc8f", "title": "Inflation of conflict", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/07/08/inflation-of-conflict/", "published_at": "2020-07-08T23:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b0a0ec948", "title": "Special pleading", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/07/08/special-pleading/", "published_at": "2020-07-08T16:58:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b0a2b7b8d", "title": "Watering the seed: Responding to claims that atheists cannot live moral lives", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/07/07/watering-the-seed-responding-to-claims-that-atheists-cannot-live-moral-lives/", "published_at": "2020-07-07T23:29:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b0a859d1c", "title": "Categorical syllogisms & silly-jisms: rules & fallacies", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/06/22/categorical-syllogisms-silly-jisms-rules-fallacies/", "published_at": "2020-06-22T14:28:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b0ac91664", "title": "Education Reform is Needed to Help All, but Especially for Children of Color", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/06/07/education-reform-is-needed-to-help-all-but-especially-for-children-of-color/", "published_at": "2020-06-07T19:58:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b0c5a35fb", "title": "The medical quack-pots at a glance (Part 3-1 of Weird Historical Medical Beliefs and Today’s Medical Quackery)", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/the-medical-pseudoscience-talking-heads-at-a-glance-part-3-1-of-weird-historical-medical-beliefs-and-todays-medical-quackery/", "published_at": "2020-04-24T22:34:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b0b8cc9b9", "title": "Chiropractic and Homeopathy (Part 2-1 of Weird Historical Medical Beliefs and Today’s Medical Quackery)", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/chiropractic-and-homeopathy-part-2-1-of-weird-historical-medical-beliefs-and-todays-medical-quackery/", "published_at": "2020-04-24T22:20:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b0c15a471", "title": "Trepanation, Quicksilver, Corpse Medicine, and Bloodletting (Part 1-2 of Weird Historical Medical Beliefs and Today’s Medical Quackery)", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/trepanation-quicksilver-corpse-medicine-and-bloodletting-part-1-2-of-weird-historical-medical-beliefs-and-todays-medical-quackery/", "published_at": "2020-04-24T21:43:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b0c8dc66a", "title": "Body humors and not washing hands. (Part 1-1 of Weird Historical Medical Beliefs and Todays Medical Quackery)", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/body-humors-and-not-washing-hands-part-1-1-of-weird-historical-medical-beliefs-and-todays-medical-quackery/", "published_at": "2020-04-24T21:33:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b0d55e785", "title": "Dung Ointments, Animal Magnetism, and Vibrators for Female Hysteria (Part 1-3 of Weird Historical Medical Beliefs and Today’s Medical Quackery)", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/dung-ointments-animal-magnetism-and-vibrators-for-female-hysteria-part-1-3-of-weird-historical-medical-beliefs-and-todays-medical-quackery/", "published_at": "2020-04-24T07:42:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b0dcb602b", "title": "This sucks, but enforcing moderate social distancing now can prevent martial law later", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/04/09/this-sucks-but-enforcing-moderate-social-distancing-now-can-prevent-martial-law-later/", "published_at": "2020-04-09T23:19:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b0e9a3c27", "title": "Do volcanoes release more CO2 than humans?", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/04/03/do-volcanoes-release-more-co2-than-humans/", "published_at": "2020-04-03T18:45:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b0f9529eb", "title": "Pragmatic inspiration from Jonas Salk. Balancing public and private enterprise.", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/pragmatic-inspiration-from-jonas-salk-balancing-public-and-private-enterprise/", "published_at": "2020-03-26T21:18:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b0fdf15ee", "title": "2011’s Contagion: a warning of the pseudoscience, paranoia, bad journalism, and charlatans that we see today.", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/03/25/2011s-contagion-a-warning-of-pseudoscience-paranoia-bad-journalism-and-charlatans/", "published_at": "2020-03-25T09:33:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b106dc570", "title": "Appeal to conspiracy theory pt 3: tips for navigating them and communicating", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/03/22/appeal-to-conspiracy-theory-pt-3-tips-for-navigating-them-and-communicating/", "published_at": "2020-03-22T16:53:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b10c7fb44", "title": "Appeal to conspiracy theory pt 2: reasons and prevalence", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/03/22/appeal-to-conspiracy-theory-pt-2-reasons-and-prevalence/", "published_at": "2020-03-22T16:50:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-891f-72c3-b022-063b110de7a9", "title": "Why is it hard to change minds? Social Judgment Theory.", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/03/18/why-is-it-hard-to-change-minds-social-judgment-theory/", "published_at": "2020-03-18T23:58:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa16299f38", "title": "Hasn’t the climate always been changing?", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/03/06/hasnt-the-climate-always-been-changing/", "published_at": "2020-03-07T02:48:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa16a99d4b", "title": "Whatever happened to Global Cooling in the 70s? & What do scientists think today?", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/01/19/whatever-happened-to-global-cooling-in-the-70s/", "published_at": "2020-01-20T01:53:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa16c38424", "title": "Non-Hippie Climate-Science Resources", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/01/18/non-hippie-climate-science-resources/", "published_at": "2020-01-19T03:42:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa17588f75", "title": "False Balance Effect", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/01/18/false-balance-effect/", "published_at": "2020-01-18T17:59:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa17c0a16c", "title": "Communication Tips. Part 9 of what we can learn from Flat Earthers", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/01/14/communication-tips-part-9-of-what-we-can-learn-from-flat-earthers/", "published_at": "2020-01-14T21:52:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa184767b5", "title": "Basic Data and Scientific Reasoning Quiz", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/01/12/basic-data-and-scientific-reasoning-quiz/", "published_at": "2020-01-12T22:26:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa18654abc", "title": "Promoting Science and Critical Thinking. Part 8 of What we can learn from Flat Earthers", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/01/11/promoting-science-and-critical-thinking-part-8-of-what-we-can-learn-from-flat-earthers/", "published_at": "2020-01-11T20:56:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa18d38d9e", "title": "How are pseudoscientific beliefs similar? (Part 7 of What we can learn from Flat Earthers)", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/01/11/how-are-pseudoscientific-beliefs-similar-part-7-of-what-we-can-learn-from-flat-earther/", "published_at": "2020-01-11T19:13:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa18f3e92b", "title": "How common are pseudoscientific beliefs? (Part 6 of What we can learn from Flat Earthers)", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/how-common-are-pseudoscientific-beliefs-part-6-of-what-we-can-learn-from-flat-earthers/", "published_at": "2020-01-09T23:02:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa19a237d9", "title": "Pseudoscience and scientific literacy (Part 5 of what we can learn from flat earthers)", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/pseudoscience-and-scientific-literacy-part-5-of-what-we-can-learn-from-flat-earthers/", "published_at": "2020-01-09T21:45:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa1a5ee4cd", "title": "Socio-political identity and hot buttons lower reasoning. (Part 4 of what we can learn from flat earthers).", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/socio-political-identity-and-hot-buttons-lower-reasoning-part-4-of-what-we-can-learn-from-flat-earthers/", "published_at": "2020-01-09T21:32:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa1a7948ea", "title": "We are hard-wired for misperception (Part 3 of what we can learn from flat earthers)", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/we-are-hard-wired-for-misperception-part-3-of-what-we-can-learn-from-flat-earthers/", "published_at": "2020-01-09T21:19:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa1a9ef285", "title": "How the Ancients knew the Earth was round (Part 2 of What we can learn from Flat Earthers)", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/how-the-ancients-knew-the-earth-was-round-part-2-of-what-we-can-learn-from-flat-earthers/", "published_at": "2020-01-09T21:04:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa1ad5cf9a", "title": "What we can learn from Flat Earthers. (Introduction).", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/what-we-can-learn-from-flat-earthers-introduction/", "published_at": "2020-01-09T20:40:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa1b80814a", "title": "Belief and skeptical inquiry (CTS: 2-7)", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2020/01/01/2-7-belief-and-skeptical-inquiry/", "published_at": "2020-01-01T22:48:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa1c2ce1e4", "title": "Shit burning: a personal allegory about fighting pseudoscience", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2019/12/21/shit-burning-a-personal-allegory-about-fighting-pseudoscience/", "published_at": "2019-12-22T01:50:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa1ca6624b", "title": "The winter solstice: the most human of days", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2019/12/18/the-winter-solstice-the-most-human-of-days/", "published_at": "2019-12-18T20:06:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa1d844f6c", "title": "call-out culture and the political divide: Perspective from Mattis and Obama.", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2019/11/16/woke-call-out-culture-and-the-political-divide-perspective-from-mattis-and-obama/", "published_at": "2019-11-17T01:02:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cb2c-cf0c-72d7-9307-ebaa1e29d92b", "title": "Postdoc falsifies 59 cancer experiments, we know because science is transparent. (How common are retractions?)", "url": "https://sgtscholar.wordpress.com/2019/08/26/postdoc-falsifies-59-cancer-experiments-we-know-because-science-is-transparent/", "published_at": "2019-08-26T15:22:45+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Trick or Think: A Halloween quiz on critical thinkingoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2026
Appeal to missing data fallacyoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2026
Quotes on science, knowledge, discovery, and reasonoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2026
Appeal to “common” knowledge or senseoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2026
Quotes from Isaac Asimov on science and reasonoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2026
Origins Fallacyoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2026
Science is Patrioticoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2026
Appeal to natureoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2026
Cherry-pickingoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2026
Fallacy Directory (2nd Edition)original ↗
5 Jun 2026
Bertrand Russell quotes on science, critical thinking, and civics.original ↗
19 May 2026
Carl Sagan Quotesoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2026
Alfred Russel Wallace and skepticismoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2026
The Perfect Solution Fallacyoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2026

2025

Reflecting on Ginsburg’s advice in 2025.original ↗
20 Sept 2025
In the wake of Kirk’s death: An open letter to America about political violenceoriginal ↗
11 Sept 2025
Ad Hoc Rescueoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2025
JAQing off & other dirty tac-dickal movesoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2025
Appeal to anecdotal evidenceoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2025

2024

Being open to rinse away wrong ideasoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2024
Climate Basics 7: How do we know climate change is human-caused?original ↗
15 Dec 2024
Climate basics 6: How scientists study past climatesoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2024
Climate basics 5: How the greenhouse effect actually increasesoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2024
Climate basics 4: How Earth’s greenhouse effect actually works (when stable)original ↗
4 Dec 2024
Trump’s cabinet picks and Arendt’s warningoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2024
Insightful quotes from prominent veterans on STEM, critical thinking, and conservationoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2024
Climate facts, myths, and fallacies: infographics that clear the airoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2024
Climate basics 3: an introduction to our atmosphere and its layersoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2024
Climate basics 2: An introduction to Earth’s energy budgetoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2024
Climate Basics 1: Clearing the air on some termsoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2024
Citations to the climate and patriotism seriesoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2024
Welcome (3): My journey from doubting climate change to a mind changeoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2024
Welcome (2): A little about me and this seriesoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2024
Welcome (1): Patriotism & climate change: A 1776-word summary.original ↗
26 Jul 2024
Some Thought-provoking quotes from Nichol’s The Death of Expertiseoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2024
Base Rate Neglectoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2024
Cognitive Dissonanceoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2024
Untestable Fact Claimsoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2024
Correlation & Causationoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2024
The fallacy of causal determinismoriginal ↗
24 May 2024

2023

My take on “Try that in a small town.”original ↗
24 Jul 2023
Middle-ground (& other-ground) fallacyoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2023
A civil critical thinking quiz about the US firearm debate: fallacies, biases, and rhetorical tacticsoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2023

2022

dissent, patriotism, and skepticism versus twisted dissent, fake skepticism, and plastic patriotismoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2022
Yup, there is a consensus on climate change. Here is what that does & does not mean.original ↗
29 Jan 2022
Vaccine requirements, a talk over beeroriginal ↗
26 Jan 2022
Stalin: history’s cautionary tale of contrarian misinformation leading to bad policies   original ↗
19 Jan 2022

2021

This former antivax mom now helps others leave that community: an interview with Lydia Greeneoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2021
Comment guidelinesoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2021
COVID and Vaccines: Resources for separating the facts from misinformation.original ↗
10 Aug 2021
Human-caused climate change in 21 infographics.original ↗
30 Jul 2021
Quiz: 25 Fallacy Questionsoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2021

2020

Astrology put to the testoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2020
How can I trust climate models when the weatherman and Al Gore are wrong?original ↗
3 Oct 2020
Vaccine Q and Aoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2020
Facebook’s Climate Info: A Nice Step, But They Still Zuck-Over Scientistsoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2020
This viral 6% COVID claim is highly misleading (at best)original ↗
6 Sept 2020
Climate Debrief: Q and A for the blue-collar Americanoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2020
Nuclear Power: Climate and Energy Savior?original ↗
29 Aug 2020
A Short History of Real Fake News (Part 3 of the Fake News Series)original ↗
14 Aug 2020
What is and is not Fake News (Part 2 of the Fake News Series)original ↗
14 Aug 2020
Fake News and Inakurate Info: Introductionoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2020
A veteran’s erratic reflection on the bigger picture.original ↗
12 Jul 2020
Fallacy of division & compositionoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2020
Inflation of conflictoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2020
Special pleadingoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2020
Watering the seed: Responding to claims that atheists cannot live moral livesoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2020
Categorical syllogisms & silly-jisms: rules & fallaciesoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2020
Education Reform is Needed to Help All, but Especially for Children of Colororiginal ↗
7 Jun 2020
The medical quack-pots at a glance (Part 3-1 of Weird Historical Medical Beliefs and Today’s Medical Quackery)original ↗
24 Apr 2020
Chiropractic and Homeopathy (Part 2-1 of Weird Historical Medical Beliefs and Today’s Medical Quackery)original ↗
24 Apr 2020
Trepanation, Quicksilver, Corpse Medicine, and Bloodletting (Part 1-2 of Weird Historical Medical Beliefs and Today’s Medical Quackery)original ↗
24 Apr 2020
Body humors and not washing hands. (Part 1-1 of Weird Historical Medical Beliefs and Todays Medical Quackery)original ↗
24 Apr 2020
Dung Ointments, Animal Magnetism, and Vibrators for Female Hysteria (Part 1-3 of Weird Historical Medical Beliefs and Today’s Medical Quackery)original ↗
24 Apr 2020
This sucks, but enforcing moderate social distancing now can prevent martial law lateroriginal ↗
9 Apr 2020
Do volcanoes release more CO2 than humans?original ↗
3 Apr 2020
Pragmatic inspiration from Jonas Salk. Balancing public and private enterprise.original ↗
26 Mar 2020
2011’s Contagion: a warning of the pseudoscience, paranoia, bad journalism, and charlatans that we see today.original ↗
25 Mar 2020
Appeal to conspiracy theory pt 3: tips for navigating them and communicatingoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2020
Appeal to conspiracy theory pt 2: reasons and prevalenceoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2020
Why is it hard to change minds? Social Judgment Theory.original ↗
18 Mar 2020
Hasn’t the climate always been changing?original ↗
7 Mar 2020
Whatever happened to Global Cooling in the 70s? & What do scientists think today?original ↗
20 Jan 2020
Non-Hippie Climate-Science Resourcesoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2020
False Balance Effectoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2020
Communication Tips. Part 9 of what we can learn from Flat Earthersoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2020
Basic Data and Scientific Reasoning Quizoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2020
Promoting Science and Critical Thinking. Part 8 of What we can learn from Flat Earthersoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2020
How are pseudoscientific beliefs similar? (Part 7 of What we can learn from Flat Earthers)original ↗
11 Jan 2020
How common are pseudoscientific beliefs? (Part 6 of What we can learn from Flat Earthers)original ↗
9 Jan 2020
Pseudoscience and scientific literacy (Part 5 of what we can learn from flat earthers)original ↗
9 Jan 2020
Socio-political identity and hot buttons lower reasoning. (Part 4 of what we can learn from flat earthers).original ↗
9 Jan 2020
We are hard-wired for misperception (Part 3 of what we can learn from flat earthers)original ↗
9 Jan 2020
How the Ancients knew the Earth was round (Part 2 of What we can learn from Flat Earthers)original ↗
9 Jan 2020
What we can learn from Flat Earthers. (Introduction).original ↗
9 Jan 2020
Belief and skeptical inquiry (CTS: 2-7)original ↗
1 Jan 2020

2019

Shit burning: a personal allegory about fighting pseudoscienceoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2019
The winter solstice: the most human of daysoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2019
call-out culture and the political divide: Perspective from Mattis and Obama.original ↗
17 Nov 2019
Postdoc falsifies 59 cancer experiments, we know because science is transparent. (How common are retractions?)original ↗
26 Aug 2019
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