…is collapsing.
Category Archives: Science And Society
Feds Make Tesla Remove Rolling Stops
Why that’s a really bad idea.
I’m putting this post up late tonight, because we just got back from the launch/landing at Vandenberg. I’m sure I’ll have more thoughts tomorrow, because I consider this a very important topic.
I will say, though, that the only moving ticket I’ve ever gotten other than speeding tickets, is for a rolling stop, and I consider it stupid.
Public Health
…has become an ideological monoculture.
Graboyes gave me a very good review of my book. He saw a lot of parallels between the risk aversion in the space industry and healthcare.
Weed Makes You Stupid?
I never did it in high school. I did it some in college, but it made me feel stupid, so I quit. I don’t think this justifies making it illegal, though. Alcohol makes you stupid, too (though perhaps more temporarily).
The Religion Of “Liberals”
Unlike Gleen Greenwald, I use scare quotes because people who think and behave like this are the farthest thing from actual liberals.
Lockdowns
I never thought that they would.
[Update a few minutes later]
Why can’t the CDC admit that there’s no solid evidence to support masking in schools?
What little regard I’ve ever had for the CDC has been pretty much dissipated in the past two years.
[Evening update]
First link fixed, sorry!
A Doctor’s Perspective
…on covid.
[Update a few minutes later]
Doctors: Give kids their childhood back.
[Update a while later]
Covid-19’s impact of expressive individualism.
Masks In School
The case against it. From the Atlantic (!).
The EPA And Climate
Good news; SCOTUS may rein it in.
The original decision was from a much different court, and based on junk science.
Giving Up On Canada
A depressing essay by a Canadian.