The Grace of Dr. Jay
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Even if confirmed as NIH director, you won’t see Jay spiking the ball. I can already imagine him caring about the bigger institution of science that benefits from... Read more.
The Deplorable Ethics of a Preemptive Pardon for Fauci
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Anthony “I represent science” Fauci can now stand beside Richard “I am not a crook” Nixon in the history books as someone who received the poison pill of... Read more.
The Nature of Lab Origin Investigations
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Independent journalists, empowered by FOIAs, were the ones who learned that Andersen et al. first believed a lab origin was likely and told the NIAID official whose... Read more.
Congress’ Unscientific Spillover
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One hopes the “good guys” win in the end, but that is never a given. If we want the good guys to win and if we want science to be all it can be for society,... Read more.
The “Boys Will Be Boys” of Science
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As a consequence of their successful lobbying and jockeying for power, they got what they wanted - their research was heavily funded, their labs staffed, and the... Read more.
Lab Origin: The Case is Even Stronger Now
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Wildlife virological work in Wuhan is important context, but more important about lab-origin theory is a grant written in 2018 - DEFUSE.... Read more.
Covid Amnesty: Is Mercy the Answer?
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Until we have meaningful reconciliation, amnesty will merely cement the incumbents’ hold on academic, media, and narrative power, all but ensuring we repeat the... Read more.
What Some Call “Anti-Science” Is Just Anti-authoritarianism
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It is not “Anti-Science” to question the policies recommended by scientists or to investigate the possibility that scientists cause a pandemic. What Hotez calls... Read more.
The Dangerous Game of Gain-of-Function Research
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The Fauci Paradox tempts us to allow scientists to regulate science, to Follow the Science and Trust the Experts, but trusting the experts can lead us to our doom... Read more.
Science Is Not to Be Trusted
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Science is not a belief system, so it’s not something to be trusted. Science is a social process which anyone can join, it is a conversation with evidence to be... Read more.
What Is the Value of a Covid Test?
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If you tested yourself on a random day when you had no symptoms, your one test would probably say “You’re Negative,” and that wouldn’t change your behavior... Read more.
Justice Department Appeals to Get Masks Back on Airlines, Buses, and Trains
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Over a silly definition of “sanitation”, the CDC appears willing to gamble a pillar of our modern society’s constitutional law, a legal cornerstone of our... Read more.