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The Coward's Epistemology by Chip J
20+ hour, 44+ min ago (649+ words) by Chip J | Apr 6, 2026 The children started going blind first. Golden Rice worked. It was safe. Independent testing confirmed both facts repeatedly over two decades. It still isn't widely deployed. That is what the precautionary principle does when applied with…...
The Latest AI Bill's Five Major Flaws by Cato Institute
2+ week, 5+ day ago (307+ words) by Cato Institute | Mar 19, 2026 By Kevin T. Frazier and Jennifer Huddleston Below are the five most significant flaws or deviations that raise significant concerns for the flourishing of American AI: Under Senator Blackburn's proposal, OpenAI and others in a similar position…...
Why Most Civilizations Fail, Part 2: Why Geographic Determinism Fails by Chip J
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (352+ words) HOT TOPICS: Ayn Rand |Iran |ICE |Renee Good |Heritage American | Wealth Tax|Mamdani|Jimmy Lai by Chip J | Feb 25, 2026 Now we meet the physicist who explains why Diamond's framework isn't just incomplete'it's backwards. Deutsch applies this to history, and when…...
The National Academies' Perversion of Science by Alex Epstein
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (772+ words) by Alex Epstein | Oct 14, 2025 | Energy A new "report" by the prestigious National Academies claims climate danger is worse than ever, even though it is empirically lower than ever.1 How can this happen? The National Academies commit the fallacy of "fossil…...
This Labor Day Celebrate The Human Mind by Fredric Hamber
7+ mon, 6+ day ago (596+ words) by Fredric Hamber | Sep 1, 2025 | CULTURE It is fitting that the most productive nation on earth should have a holiday to honor its work. The high standard of living that Americans enjoy is hard-earned and well-deserved. But the term "Labor Day…...
Blaming SARS-CoV-2 on Bats in Wet Markets: A Look Back at Fauci's Great Spillover Hoax by Jeffrey A. Tucker
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (1016+ words) by Jeffrey A. Tucker | Apr 30, 2025 | SCIENCE Why precisely were Anthony Fauci and his cohorts so anxious to blame SARS-CoV-2 on bats and later pangolins in wet markets? It was not just to deflect attention from the possibility that the novel virus…...
Science As an Excuse by Jeffrey A. Tucker
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (821+ words) by Jeffrey A. Tucker | Sep 3, 2025 | SCIENCE The implications of this insight are vast. Let's start with an easy example. Did you see Gladiator II? It had many of the same actors as the first movie that swept the awards and captivated…...