Reg and Simon,

Scientific objectivity is a myth but not every idea deserves equal time.

Just because science is practiced in the context of a particular society, culture, or time period doesn’t mean science is bound to that context and not objective.

Something is objective when it’s there when you sleep and there when you wake or when you turn…[Read more]

I think the writer is “tilting at windmills” and is arguing a point that does not need to be made. It could even be deemed a “strawman argument”. Her critique seems aimed more at an imagined “scientific arrogance” than at how science is genuinely practiced. Very few scientists claim perfect objectivity; rather, they emphasize the method as t…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Scientific objectivity is a myth

I argue a more accurate view of science is that pure objectivity is impossible. Once you leave the myth of objectivity behind, though, the way forward is not simple. Instead of a belief in an all-knowing science, we are faced with the reality that humans are responsible for what is…

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Thanks Reg 🙂

Robert,

Just frogs in a pot as the water begins to boil.

Contrary to that old urban legend, frogs only stay in water as young tadpoles. Grown frogs don’t stay in water, no matter what the temperature.

This actually makes them smarter than humans in that respect. Frogs don’t engage in The Sunk Cost Fallacy.

Reg,

JD Vance’s Catholicism is displayed by admitting he is happy to commit war crimes.

You know, if someone really wanted to “Make America Healthy Again,” not to mention “End Forever Wars,” and have “Gold Standard Science,” they could start by using Genetic Engineering to make drugs that kill pain without killing people and which don’t e…[Read more]

Just frogs in a pot as the water begins to boil.

“My farm is going out of business, but I still believe Trump is doing the right thing”.

Ain’t that America. Little pink houses for you and me.

Have a great week everyone!!

Atheism isn’t a belief—it’s a refusal to pretend. 

Although it’s from a ‘Gentile’, I find he offers a different viewpoint…..sample.

Enco,

I think i am a bit older than you so i caught the beginning of the shit show. It was layed on a little thicker and the trajectory has carried.

Ok how about a little scatalogical ditty?

Shit, piss, corruption, snots, 21 assholes tied in a knot.