Wingnut Weekly – 17 Oct 2019
Wingnut weekly – a selection of weirdness from the past week that emminates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
Does flagging Fake News work?
One part of the Facebook “solution” is to flag Fake News as Fake. This is how they describe it … Better identifying false news through our community and third-party fact-checking organizations so that we can limit its spread, which, in turn, makes it uneconomical. This leads to an interesting question. If you permit people to … Read more
New Mystery: Seasonal variations of Oxygen on MARS
Measurements made by Curiosity of the MARS admosphere over the last 6 years reveals seasonal variations of Oxygen that can’t be explained.
Is Intensity of Hurricanes increasing?
We are going to talk about Hurricanes and a new study that examines the trend regarding their intensity. With a warming climate the conclusion of the study, which we will get to, feels like an obvious one, but in the context of the prevailing taking points promoted by those opposed to science it brings a … Read more
Is the Placebo a useful medical intervention?
Alternative medicine is tagged “alternative” because it an intervention that has been demonstrated to not actually do anything medical beyond the placebo effect. Examples abound and include things such as Homeopathy, Reiki, etc… Let’s briefly review those. Examples of Alternative Medicine Homeopathy, dreamed up in 1792. It involves giving you a diluted substance to supposedly … Read more
What is the Climategate scandal?
It has been 10 years since the supposed Climategate scandal. What happened, what is the story of Climategate really all about? Origins In November 2009, a server at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) was hacked and thousands of their internal emails were stolen and distributed. These were then dishonestly quote-mined by climate … Read more