science

A Male-Dominated Scientific Establishment Creates Misogynist Science

By Erik Loomis

In General

On October 1, 2023

I continue to be amazed at how commenters here are still outraged at the idea that a white supremacist society creates a white supremacist science. I never did understand the general outrage when I said these things, leading to one of the attempts by right-wingers...

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“Listen to Scientists” Is Not A Smart Policy Slogan

By Erik Loomis

On July 29, 2021

One thing the pandemic done has exposed a real problem in the way we talk about science in this nation, as if it was a thing that existed in a.

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Racism and Science

By Erik Loomis

On February 28, 2021

There is so much conversation about racism in science and technology today because that very real history is leading to major policy impacts as people of color are volunteering for.

Gender and Science

By Erik Loomis

In General

On November 10, 2019

The idea that there is such a thing as pure science is a myth. Science is as socially constructed as everything else. Anyone who knows the first thing of about the history of science knows this to be true. So it's hardly surprising that if...

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The Learned Conservatism of Climate Scientists

By Erik Loomis

On October 28, 2019

Despite the right-wing narrative that climate scientists are ginning up their predictions of doom because they hate capitalism and America or something (seriously, I never understood why people would believe.

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 355

By Erik Loomis

On November 23, 2018

Underneath this fallen tree is the grave of Jonas Salk. Born in 1914 in New York City to Jewish parents, Salk at first lived a pretty normal life for that.

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 82

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 7, 2017

This is the grave of Louis Agassiz. Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was born in 1807 in Switzerland. He became a scientist, attending some of the finest universities in Europe. He moved to Paris and became an acolyte of Alexander Von Humboldt, giving him access to...

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The People’s Front of Judea

By Erik Loomis

On April 23, 2017

Today's example of why the left can't have nice things. Around the same time the central march in Washington, DC started coming together, people all over the country started planning.

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The Future of Science Research

By Erik Loomis

On December 23, 2016

In the bigger context of the horrors to come, the future of science research in this country seems perhaps less significant than attacks on immigrants, Muslim watch lists, etc. But.

Gene Drive Technology

By Erik Loomis

In General

On June 9, 2016

An interesting set of ethical questions here: A revolutionary technology known as “gene drive,” which for the first time gives humans the power to alter or perhaps eliminate entire populations of organisms in the wild, has stirred both excitement and fear since scientists proposed a...

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The Despair of Climate Scientists

By Erik Loomis

On July 10, 2015

If I were a climate scientist, the despair I would feel about the future of the planet would make it difficult to live. It's bad enough reading about climate science..

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Breaking: Climate Change Denying Scientist Bought by Corporations

By Erik Loomis

On February 22, 2015

I know I am shocked to discover that arguably the nation's leading climate change denying scientist is bought and paid for by fossil fuel corporations, including the coal industry and.