This seems important: telling people to “trust science” can backfire, as it leads them to also trust & spread pseudoscience that looks science-y (like fake articles with scientific references). Better is to remind people to think like scientists, critically consideing all claims. pic.twitter.com/Xcoal4YaBv

— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) July 9, 2021

That’s why I relentlessly make fun of the “Believe science” mantra chanted constantly by mainstream liberals.

These women are not on skates or hoverboards, etc.; just technique:

Further attempt at the infantilization of women. Goaded and aided by some feminists, I think many women are wish to keep the advantages of being seen as children without holding on to the disadvantages.

That won’t work, but I understand the reasons behind it. But it’ll fail and is failing.

The first ten on today’s playlist:

How Britain Became the First Country in the World to Surrender to Covid.

There were and are far fewer restrictions in the US than the UK. Why is the case rate so much higher there? The vax rates are about the same, and testing isn’t different enough to account for it all. Is it the temperature? My guess (and it’s a bit more than guess) is that the Delta variant does less well at higher temperature and humidity found across most of the US now as compared to the UK.

Anyway, that’s a good example of how to lie with statistics, because here is the UK Covid death rate:

A lot of people really do want us hiding inside forever.