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Category Archives: Science And Society
The Global Food Police
Now they want to treat meat and sugar like tobacco.
Sugar is terrible, but the solution is education. And there’s nothing wrong, nutritionally, with meat. It’s the best source of protein.
Fauxcahontas
The most important thing for a politician is authenticity. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made. Apparently, she can’t.
To The “Book Community”
“Go f**k yourself.” A righteous rant from Larry Correia.
Bill Nye
The Ignoramus Guy.
Pro tip, Bill. There are railroads in the Great White North, and they already carry food that is grown there.
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.