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Scott Aaronson hosts a guest post about the Sci Am hatchet job on E. O. Wilson

Several readers called my attention to the new entry on Scott Aaronson’s website, which deals with the recent Scientific American op-ed about E. O. Wilson’s supposed “racism”. (You can find the original piece here. Did you know that Mendel was a racist, too?) The op-ed was execrable, and I’d hoped that Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief, … Continue reading Scott Aaronson hosts a guest post about the Sci Am hatchet job on E. O. Wilson

Michael Shermer documents the decline and fall of Scientific American

I’ve written about a dozen posts calling out Scientific American for its fulminating wokeness (give me another word if you don’t like that one), in particular its use of op-eds to discuss and promote woke ideological views that have little or nothing to do with science.  A lot of readers here have canceled their subscriptions, … Continue reading Michael Shermer documents the decline and fall of Scientific American

The Lancet’s editor jumps the shark, disses global health because of its racist and white supremacist history

I don’t know much about Richard Horton, the editor of The Lancet (one of the world’s top medical journals); but what is clear is that he’s uber-woke. He was, for example, responsible for this controversial cover:   There have been other political covers, other woke editorials by Horton, and a fair few woke articles that, … Continue reading The Lancet’s editor jumps the shark, disses global health because of its racist and white supremacist history

Wednesday: Hili dialogue

It’s Hump Day (“ਹੰਪ ਦਿਨ ” in Punjabi):  May 24, 2023, and National Escargot Day. Will you be dining on these gastropods? Here’s a real book: It’s also Asparagus Day, Brother’s Day (but which brother?), Declaration of the Báb, and, in Bermuda, Bermuda Day. Readers are welcome to mark notable events, births, or deaths on … Continue reading Wednesday: Hili dialogue

Saturday: Hili dialogue

Greetings on Caturday (shabbos for Jewish felids), May 20, 2023, and National Quiche Lorraine Day. This tasty and deeply unhealthy dish was known outside the Lorraine region of NW France only after the 1950s: It’s also Armed Forces Day, Flower Day, International Red Sneakers Day, National Rescue D*g Day, World Fiddle Day, World Whisky Day, Emancipation … Continue reading Saturday: Hili dialogue

Scientific American finds the search for extraterrestrial intelligence racist and colonialist

UPDATE:  Michael Shermer emailed me with his response to this quote below, taken from the Sci. Am. Piece. We may not be able to recognize intelligence when we see it, and we may not respect or honor things we don’t perceive to be intelligent. That is what we did in many colonial interactions. Certain countries … Continue reading Scientific American finds the search for extraterrestrial intelligence racist and colonialist

Scientific American: Denying evolution is white supremacy

As we’ve seen, the once-respectable journal Scientific American is circling the drain, with an increasing surfeit of articles pushing a particular ideological point of view—a woke one. Well, this article, by writer Allison Hopper, has a bit of science in it, but it’s mixed with politics in such a toxic way that it’s almost funny. … Continue reading Scientific American: Denying evolution is white supremacy

Good news about the teaching of evolution in American public schools

A new report from the journal Evolution: Education and Outreach gives some pretty good news about the state of evolution teaching in American high schools. In particular, in two surveys of teaching methods published 12 years apart (2007 vs. 2019), the number of hours that teachers devote to the subject of evolution has become greater, … Continue reading Good news about the teaching of evolution in American public schools