The Cult of Fools – “10 Unhealthiest US cities” – Feb 13, 2022
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
Climate: ‘dangerously fast’ growth in atmospheric methane
An alarm is being raised concerning a big increase of Methane within our Atmosphere. The fear is that we have crossed a tipping point and that vast amounts of methane are being released from wetlands because of warming. NOAA Data That latest data we have comes via the January update from NOAA. First let’s take … Read more
Do Stormy Daniels’ beliefs make her unfit to testify in lawsuit?
I’m building up to a rather interesting question – what makes somebody unfit to testify? The twist in play here is that an argument is being made that simply holding a few unusual beliefs is sufficient. First, let’s play catchup. The name “Stormy Daniels” will be familiar. She became famous for being “friendly” with you … Read more
The Cult of Fools – “no longer tethered to reality” – Feb 6, 2022
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
Scam Alert: The Human Remains Detector
Over in East Tennessee a guy named Art Bohanan has created what he calls “The Human Remains Detector”. To demonstrate how it works he went with the media to an old cemetery in Knoxville and proceeded to find bones beneath his feet. This happened last Dec 2021. A local news outlet ran the story and … Read more
How to cope with kids who embrace conspiracy theories?
Published within the British Journal of Developmental Psychology is a study that reveals that kids are prime targets for fake news. One word … “Yikes!”. Titled “Measuring adolescents’ beliefs in conspiracy theories: Development and validation of the Adolescent Conspiracy Beliefs Questionnaire” the open access paper reveals that a team of researchers created and then validated … Read more