Bob Zubrin approvingly reviews a new book on the topic. There is an institute to promote this, and I just signed up for the newsletter.
Astrology
Why do straight men hate it so much?
Ummmmm…because it’s a load of bollocks? I’m pretty sure that my lack of belief in it has nothing to do with either my gender or my sexual orientation. The real question should be why do women and gays buy into it so much?
Space Science
How support for it can be a political liability.
This happened to Jack Schmitt in
ArizonaNew Mexico, as well. His opponent's campaign slogan was "What *On Earth* Has Jack Schmitt Done For Us?" https://t.co/FUr9endlmH— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) November 16, 2018
I would note that this is another problem with a government space program in a representative republic, and why it’s hopeless to think we can do Apollo again. People who want to see space science happen need to look to other funding sources.
[Update late morning]
D’oh! New Mexico, not Arizona.
The Case Against Carbohydrates
Japan In Space
Eric Berger got an all-expenses-paid trip there, courtesy of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, to see what’s going on there.
About That Ocean-Warming Study
They screwed the pooch. And we’re not all gonna die from overheated oceans. Good for Nic Lewis. And this demonstrates once again of the lack of value of peer review.
Funny how, like “mistakes” in reporting on politics, these errors always seem to go in one direction.
The BFR
…is under construction at the Port of LA.
The Mental-Health “Experts”
Time to dethrone them.
Yes, the gun grabbers want to grab the guns, while ignoring the real common element here. And experts in general, whether in nutrition, climate or otherwise, seem to be highly overrated, which is one of the things that gave us Trump.
Claire Lehmann And Quillette
An interesting story on a provocative, but necessary web site.
Reason At Fifty
Matt Welch describes the history of the magazine. I just finished Bob Poole’s new book