"Alexa" is trending right now because people are reporting that this technology expressly promotes reasons to vote for Kamala Harris, but does not do so for Donald Trump. If this is true, what might be going on? In a prior survey we found that, compared to Republicans,

Remember the story I wrote about in Scientific American about my wife’s grandfather’s dead radio that mysteriously came to life on our wedding day, perfectly tuned to romantic music? It started playing again just now in my office with a rather different message…

We have various theories for theism (why people believe in God and are religious) but little theorizing to explain atheism…until now… @willgervais skeptic.com/michael-sherme…

According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, for the 2023-2024 school year women make up more than 55 percent of students in the country’s M.D.-granting programs. Is this the result of bigotry? Are men being discriminated against?

More bigotry...

Important insights in this conversation with Gerald Posner on the regulatory capture by Big Pharma (RFKJ is right about that!) and I agree that "gender affirming care" will go down in history with lobotomies as not just pseudoscience but dangerous malpractice.

Another mass public shooting, 30 this year as defined by 4 or more shot dead in one incident not including the killer. On pace to break 2023's record of 42. Will this effect gun control laws? Nope. If it did would it reduce the carnage? Probably not. apnews.com/article/georgi…

And that's not counting the tens of thousands of individual gun murders, suicides, and accidents. Then there's executions like this one because, you know, everyone needs an assault rifle in their vehicle just in case they get pulled over. One to the head for good measure.

Dive deep into the New Testament's most controversial aspects at Bart Ehrman’s NINT conference, Sept 21-22, 2024! 10 top scholars, live Q&As. Challenge your beliefs & uncover historical truths. #NINT2024 #BibleScholarship #BartEhrman bit.ly/NINT2024

Could it be that the Holocaust was an accident of circumstances? asks Tucker Carlson's guest Darryl Cooper. “They went in with no plan for that & they just threw these people into camps, and millions of people ended up dead there.” No. See Denying History. open.substack.com/pub/jensheycke…

Was Princess Diana murdered? Was she pregnant? Was she about to marry Dodi Fayed? No, No, and No explains Gerald Posner Cause of death: drunk driving, speeding, no seatbelt Happens to tens of thousands of people a year "But she's a princess!" So? justthefacts.media/p/was-princess…

Could Lee Harvey Oswald make 3 shots & 2 hits in 6 seconds to kill JFK? Yes, no problem. Here is one of several duplications, this in 1967 by CBS news. Remember he scored 212 in his military riflery training, slightly above requirements for a designation of sharpshooter. 1st

Thanks Gerald Posner for the added details. Now…if only all the conspiracists who insist LHO wasn’t the shooter would read this and Case Closed, which it is. The case that is.

Kathleen Stock, Carol Gilligan, Michael Shermer answer these questions: Is reason anything more than a rhetorical strategy? Should we give up the idea that rationality helps uncover the truth? Is reason nothing more than a pretence of objectivity? Is rationality the primary

The term “whiteness” in critical race theory refers to social attitudes considered normal by white people, and guidance suggests that concepts including “meritocracy”, “objectivity” and “individualism” should be questioned. So...black people lack merit? msn.com/en-gb/news/ukn…

Tucker Carlson, Professional Bullshitter (I use the descriptor in the technical sense defined by psychologists: “without any sincere regard for truth.”) He promotes a pseudo-historian who says Hitler was misunderstood and the Holocaust needs revising. open.substack.com/pub/michaelshe…

There’s only one?

The smoke and debris shooting out the window Richard Gage, AIA, Architect is caused by the pancaking collapsing floors inside the building above. Very simple physics explained long ago. Explosive charges used in building demolition look nothing like this and go bottom to top, not vice versa.

And as you can see in the slo-mo Richard Gage, AIA, Architect the smoke and debris are not “exploding” outward but shooting out in a stream, exactly the physics of air pressure pushing it out as the floors above collapse top to bottom.