On true knowledge
A reader wrote to me about the possibility that some new psychiatric medication is leading to patients committing mass murder. Definitely a hypothesis worth exploring. It would require a statistical…
Enthusiasts and scientists
So they blocked Richard Dawkins’ Facebook account and after a couple of days today and a couple of days ago. It’s not unusual. It’s something that comes standard life in…
General Underestimation
Russia’s best weapon is not General Winter, but General Underestimation, Czech blogger Martin Chmela wrote today. It is the most brilliant analytical observation to be made in the West since…
On increasingly easy governing
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this year’s US presidential election is not talked about. Namely, the ease with which democracy disappeared from the Democratic Party. Readers will know that…
British Caste Society Returns
The riots in England are not the beginning of a civil war, but an expression of the despair of the poor and the powerless. Therefore, their demands will not be…
The mystery of birth out of wedlock
A few days ago, I commented that we don’t understand population behavior. We don’t know why birth rates are collapsing in some places and holding up in others. We know…