by Pamela Lindsay Mentorships by professors of students are among the vital functions of a university. Here I expose the vulnerable underbelly of mentorship and one possible threat to academic freedom and scholarship. A tiny percentage of students will go … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry On the misuse of science and scientific authority. The latest issue of The Breakthrough Journal is a tour de force. Excerpts from the Introduction to the issue: <begin quote> Donald Rumsfeld famously opined on the problems of … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry A pacated dialogue between two serious thinkers who disagree about climate change. This post provides excerpts of a dialogue between European scholars Andrea Saltelli and Paul-Marie Boulanger. There are some real insights here. But mostly, I like … Continue reading →
The scientific method remains the best way to solve many problems, but bias, overconfidence and politics can sometimes lead scientists astray It’s been awhile since I have been so struck by an article that I felt moved to immediately do … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry Crowd sourcing examples of fallacious thinking from climate science. While I have been very busy, I have kept the Denizen’s entertained with threads on politics and cancel culture. Lets face it, that stuff has been on all … Continue reading →
by Andy West Climate change affirmative responses to all survey questions are culturally determined, and across National Publics related to religiousity. Cultural attitudes inappropriately push climate policy. Introduction Post one of this series demonstrated a strong correlation across nations between … Continue reading →
by Andy West Explores the contrast between Allied and Core belief in the culture of climate catastrophe, and the relationships of these plus religiosity to Climate Change Activism (XR and Children’s Strikes for Climate). Post 2 of 3. Introduction The … Continue reading →
by Andy West Probing the relationship between religiosity globally, and cultural beliefs in the narrative of imminent / certain global climate catastrophe: Post 1 of 3. Introduction The main narrative of catastrophic climate-change culture (CCCC) contradicts mainstream (and skeptical) science. … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry On the importance of expertise from other fields for COVD19 and climate change. This post is motivated by a tweet from Steve McIntyre, with comment from Ken Rice: Here is the link to Annan’s post Dumb and … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry And now for something different. A sociological experiment for the Denizens. Please take the Enneagram personality test (with instinctual variant) and report your results in a comment. I scored a strong 1 (reformer). Hard to argue with … Continue reading →
