tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7139936621516370190..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: How false ideas become fake sciencePeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-71368311516156793242019-12-07T08:47:03.270-06:002019-12-07T08:47:03.270-06:00The foundation stone of the soft "sciences&qu...The foundation stone of the soft "sciences" are the fundamental fallacies that correlation equals causation, and that the plural of "anecdote" is "data".<br /><br />Everything else they do in service of their camouflaged agendas, and not anything even vaguely resembling science, proceeds from those original errors.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-54649575128878909902019-12-07T00:17:39.862-06:002019-12-07T00:17:39.862-06:00"A second order consequence of a well meaning..."A second order consequence of a well meaning intention to educate people for the demands of future employers."<br /><br />Ashley,<br />a major problem with this intent is the fact that one of the first things the Progressives did is deliberately dumb down the schools and teachers to prepare people for the mind-numbing drudgery of factory work, and to become the "masses" needed to support their programs. They set this in motion by the turn of the 20th century. Schools just got worse on a continual basis. If you wonder why the Founders and others seemed so intelligent in comparison to today's "unwashed masses", there you go...<br /><br />Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-82616723445652822882019-12-06T03:12:41.626-06:002019-12-06T03:12:41.626-06:00It is fair to say that most people don't reall...It is fair to say that most people don't really understand science and the scientific method. Fewer people understand statistics. Out of this situation arises such fripperies that Peter Boghossian rails against.<br /><br />We get misuse of statistics in even the hardest science papers from what's called "P" hacking. I'm not sure it can be stopped, and the softer the science, the worse the problem gets.<br /><br />I think this has been driven by social changes that generate the perceived need for everyone to have a degree. A second order consequence of a well meaning intention to educate people for the demands of future employers. Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666947574653683678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55161257247599705182019-12-05T16:41:03.953-06:002019-12-05T16:41:03.953-06:00"any lie can be made a truth if it is printed..."any lie can be made a truth if it is printed enough. any false fact can be made a true fact if it is printed enough. anything is possible." A. Gobbles 1937capt fasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14374459887067010071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15382107715681521892019-12-05T14:44:23.744-06:002019-12-05T14:44:23.744-06:00The reason CO2 became a poison gas was one of the ...The reason CO2 became a poison gas was one of the dummies in your 9th grade General Science class who when the teacher said "Carbon monoxide (CO) is a poison gas." figured that since Carbon Dioxide has the formula (CO2), it must be twice as deadly.boronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05780356895910449471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-24790629284542291562019-12-05T11:48:47.451-06:002019-12-05T11:48:47.451-06:00Interesting idea...Interesting idea...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com