It’s the End of the World… As They Know it

One of the hypotheses posited on this blog is that the preoccupation with the end of the world is in reality a displaced existential, and altogether far more internal crisis. Where you can see climate alarmism, you can see a crisis afflicting the individual,...

Ask a Stupid Question

A premise of democracy that I believe is worth defending is that it is incumbent on those seeking either change or for the status quo to be sustained to define and defend their arguments, even against robust criticism, and even against seemingly stupid and evil...

The Grimey "Science" of Conspiracy Theories

David Robert Grimes has emerged from Lewandowsky's shadow, again, to go forth increase and multiply the bullshit/batshit/bad science quotient of the social and behavioural sciences -- as if they needed it. Grimes's new paper On the Viability of Conspiratorial Beliefs...