#bogus science

[cumberworld44]

Things I learned while researching fleas. Fun times.

Btw, anyone know how to calculate acceleration? It’s the only piece missing to find exactly how many newtons he generates by simply jumping.

[invisibleillnessgeekyfangirl]

Can he force the FDA to do that? Especially since the 'science' behind the claim about acetaminophen is bogus?

[sophiaphile]

When people invoke Evolutionary Psychology™, they are usually just trying to tell you that

they don't understand evolution

they don't understand psychology

they cannot think critically or interpret data

they are a bigot (optional)

[thoughtlessarse]

Steve Bannon Is Behind Bogus Study That China Created COVID

The study goes against basically all scientific evidence and expert opinion. But it fits with the former Trump adviser’s anti-China posture.

A new study purporting to show that the novel coronavirus was manufactured in a Chinese lab was published by a pair of nonprofit groups linked to Steve Bannon, the former top Trump strategist now facing felony fraud charges.

The study, co-authored by a Chinese virologist who fled Hong Kong this year, claims that “laboratory manipulation is part of the history of SARS-CoV-2.” Its findings were quickly picked up by a handful of prominent news organizations such as the New York Post, which hyped the “explosive” allegations that run counter to virtually all existing scientific literature on the source of the virus.

The study is the work of the Rule of Law Society and the Rule of Law Foundation, sister nonprofit organizations that Bannon was instrumental in creating. According to documents posted on the Society’s website last year, he served as that group’s chair. The Bannon connection was first spotted by Kevin Bird, a Ph.D. candidate at Michigan State University, and shared by Carl Bergstrom, a biology professor at the University of Washington, who called the study “bizarre and unfounded.”

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[papundits]

Speculation Versus Research In Climate Science

Speculation Versus Research In Climate Science

By David Wojick, Ph.D. ~ Over the last few weeks several of my CFACT articles on climate science have collectively garnered over 4000 comments. This is the wide ranging climate science debate personified, with many sides represented. Anyone who claims that there is no scientific debate should read through these comments to see it in the flesh. Two of these articles are here and here. In following…

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[cranehana]

Beall's List and fake academic publishers

Beall’s List and fake academic publishers

The predatory vanity publishing world is not limited to fiction. Academic and scientific papers are also a hot commodity, since the legitimate markets can have high entry barriers in fees and vetting. A host of predatory and often outright criminal publishers have surfaced to ‘serve’ those customers. Many scientists and academics need to publish work to promote their career, grants applications,…

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[papundits]

EPA’s Dangerous Regulatory Pollution

EPA’s Dangerous Regulatory Pollution

Agency’s deceptive practices, human experiments and unjustified regulations cost us dearly By Paul Driessen ~ If you’re wondering whether to trust the Environmental Protection Agency on mercury, ozone, climate change or other regulatory actions, you need look no further than how it has handled particulates. EPA whitewashed the toxic flashflood it caused in Colorado. But it says particulate matter…

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[papundits]

John Kerry Proves He Doesn’t Understand Climate Science

John Kerry Proves He Doesn’t Understand Climate Science

By David Kreutzer, Ph.D. ~ In an interview at the close of the recent Paris climate conference, Secretary of State John Kerry scolded Republican senators for saying out loud that the next president may not be a big supporter of President Barack Obama’s climate policies. Kerry asserted voters won’t allow a change, “I don’t think they’re going to accept as a genuine leader someone who doesn’t…

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