We are in epistemologically challenging times.
Rand And Rand put together a guide to searching for the truth in the fog of misinformation
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Saturday, January 23, 2021
Health: gut feelings...
Healthy microbiome can have a profound impact on our health including resistance to viral infections.
Sauerkraut sandwiches are yummy so there are no excuses.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Monday, January 18, 2021
Logical fallacies and rhetoric
from high school debate guides. With links to deeper discussions and studies. In these epistemologically challenging times, identifying and refuting fallacious arguments is important though not sufficient.
But,
pointing out a logical fallacy is a way of removing an argument from the debate rather than just weakening it.
Saturday, January 16, 2021
US Oligarchy
Kind of obvious on the ground, but there are some excellent quantifications in
the study underlying this BBC article precarity ... is rooted not in inequality, but in a depleted public sector, in a public authority that has abandoned the public and increasingly become a vehicle for predatory capitalism.
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