Science & Society

The Conspiracy Theory That The CIA Invented The Term 'Conspiracy Theory' To Delegitimze Questions About The CIA

Conspiracy theories have a long history, but the actual term “conspiracy theory” emerged much more recently. It was only a few decades ago that the term took on the derogatory connotations it has today, where to call someone a conspiracy theorist function ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 16 2020 - 5:17pm

65% Of British Millennials Think The Moon Landing Was Fake, 11% Think Tupac's Death Was Faked Too

If there is reason for hope that coronavirus fears may mean pro-science beliefs get back to being the norm in modern culture, it is that regular chemicals have disappeared from store shelves in San Francisco while they clamor for vaccines they used to dist ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 18 2020 - 2:09pm

Alternet And The Anti-Vaccine Movement

Given the political demographic of the webzine Alternet and its anti-science mentality, it's not a huge surprise that its contributors are in common cause with the Russians and others who are merchants of doubt about American science and medicine. Wha ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 24 2020 - 1:48pm

Coronavirus And World Economics: Cause For Optimism

Stock markets are rebounding on the back of the newly agreed US$2 trillion American fiscal stimulus plan. It comes after a week that was the worst in history for the Dow and many others around the world. My impression is that the unfolding global recessio ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 26 2020 - 10:38am

China's Government Lies: Tiananmen Square and Mao's Great Leap

Donald Trump has been roundly criticized for calling the virus that causes Covid-19 a "Chinese virus" it has been said that using a term invented by Chinese state media the "Wuhan Virus" is also racist.   He is trying to rebut the prop ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Mar 27 2020 - 8:57am

Tired Of Netflix? Escape Corona By Remote Partying, Workout Classes, And Gaming!

Being shut in can drive people crazy.  Much of the world is or will be under some degree of quarantine, lockdown, shelter in place or social distancing.  Communicating only remotely and in ways that are often sterile and without interaction. In places lik ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Apr 1 2020 - 3:48pm

Covid-19 Hasn't Closed Your College? Blame The Politicians For Whom Graduation Rates, Optics Matter More Than Lives. UPDATED

C ovid-19 kills young people at a lower rate they are not immune.  The people who run the college, your professors, deans, staff, secretaries, police, range in age from as young as you up to elderly.  If nothing at all is done, then your school would expe ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Apr 2 2020 - 10:34pm

Creating A Black Middle Class Covid-19 Hot Spot And The Complex Role Of Racism In America. OPINION

My tiny mostly Black suburb of Chicago has 446.7 cases of Covid-19 per hundred thousand.  A very disproportionate number of Covid-19 deaths have been of Black people.  Deeply ingrained structural and cultural anti-Blackness has meant that Black people oft ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Apr 6 2020 - 11:49pm

What '5G Causes Coronavirus' Claims Share With Anti-Ag, Anti-Vax, And Anti-Natural Gas Movements- Russia

It's long been hiding in plain sight that Russia funnels money to activist groups in the U.S. that will help their causes. Russia's top two exports are food and energy so it was no surprise when activists began to claim that hydraulic fracturing ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 10 2020 - 8:14am

Coronavirus Causing Conference Cancellations Or A Futuristic Online Life.

T he American Physical Society’s April 2020 meeting is being held as an online event this year due to concerns over Covid-19. This is also true for school and for many people work. Many workers do work which is essential and which cannot be done remotely, ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Apr 18 2020 - 9:06am