Science & Society

Basic Arithmetic: Of Guns and Armed Teachers.

E v en if we ban guns today, in any realistic situation, there would still be tens of millions of guns in circulation.    This fact means that in order to give teachers a real fighting chance,we must be trained and armed.  As a teacher at the college leve ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Feb 23 2018 - 12:53am

Putin- Doesn't Want Nuclear War- Aims For Peace & Renewed START 2 With Updated Credible Deterrent

I’ve had several PM’s and we’ve had comments by scared people in our Doomsday Debunked Facebook group who have read alarmist stories suggesting that Putin threatens to attack the US. If you have read these stories, it is worth listening to his actual spee ...

Article - Robert Walker - Mar 3 2018 - 1:27am

This Article Has Been Removed

Due to concerns expressed by readers, this article has been removed from our site. While meant as satire, the author’s imperfect grasp of the English language came off as deeply offensive to many. Science 2.0 will continue to present a lively and open for ...

Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Jul 11 2018 - 3:05pm

For Trump Kim Talks: How's About A Combined Civilian Space Program As A Route To Reunification Of Korea?

Well, to everyone’s surprise, it seems that Trump and Kim are going to meet. So this is no longer a hypothetical question. (This originates as my answer on Quora to:  What would happen if Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump could meet and talk to resolve the ten ...

Article - Robert Walker - Mar 7 2019 - 4:54pm

On Lawrence Krauss, BuzzFeed, And #MeToo

Large amounts of ink (well, electrons) have been spilt over the web in the past few months to discuss the #MeToo movement. It seems this blog will eventually join the crowd, although a bit belatedly, and with a slightly different viewing angle.  After keep ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Mar 9 2018 - 6:48am

Conspiracy Or Self-Deception, Higher Apes At Crossroad Facing World War III

Trigger Warning [general trigger warning]: My analysis of the current situation is deeply concerning, but there is some hope. As an autistic abnormal of that kind, I try perfecting consistency in my interpretations, insisting on self-critical scientific me ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Apr 7 2018 - 9:10pm

Ben Shapiro, Loves Facts But Never Did This Math

B en Shapiro and others often cite a UCLA study which claimed that 45% of transwomen try to commit suicide to “prove” that transgender people are mentally ill and that we should not reinforce their “delusion”.    A big problem with their line of reasoning ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Mar 22 2018 - 2:52pm

FDA Asks Public To Pressure Facebook And Twitter To Stop Selling Illegal Opioid Ads

The Justice Department has said that ending the flow of illegal opioids in the U.S. is a top law-enforcement priority but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration doesn't want to wait years for courts to help, they are directly calling on the public to p ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 11 2019 - 7:06pm

March For Science Faces An Existential Threat- From Within

March For Science, an offshoot of Women's March, gave itself a positive name in 2017 but its motivations were not about science at all. It was about social authoritarianism and promoting a political agenda. And at the top of that agenda was being anti ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 11 2018 - 1:37pm

Copy / Paste / Publish: Fake Doomsday- April 23- Astronomically Absurd Story Shared Virally By Journalists Including Fox News

Nobody who ran this story even bothered to glance at a sky chart. The false claim is that the sun, moon and Jupiter will all be in Virgo on April 23. So what you might say? Well the end of the world apparently?! But actually none of them will be in that c ...

Article - Robert Walker - Apr 13 2018 - 12:49am