The Ignoramus Guy.
Pro tip, Bill. There are railroads in the Great White North, and they already carry food that is grown there.
Category Archives: Science And Society
Lost Opportunity
Cheese
It’s good for you, and full-fat is the best. This would have been heresy for much of the past half century.
Europeans Are Terrible
A new paper claims that the die-off of indigenous Americans in the sixteenth century after colonization caused the Little Ice Age.
I’m skeptical.
[Update a while later]
A response to a query to Judith Curry.
Just spotted this. Its an interesting hypothesis, but a global impact seems a bit far fetched
— Judith Curry (@curryja) January 31, 2019
Martian Water
They may be able to dig wells. I wonder how much purification it will require, given the permanganchlorates. Also, the well will have to have a heater to melt the ice, I suspect.
[For some reason I always write “permanganates” when I mean perchlorates]
Cheery Science
The last meals of historical human-sacrifice and murder victims.
Restaurants
I’ve posted about this topic before, but they’re not “getting too loud.” They’ve always been too loud. They’re just getting worse.
The Climate Debate
CEI pushes back on Chuck Todd’s fantasy that it is over.
Cancer
I’m skeptical that these researchers have found a total cure (for one thing, it’s too many different things), but it would nice if it were true. I suspect that this is just a fundraising announcement, though.
Climate Models
When are they useful?