Category: A moon/candle in the dark night

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Science based medicine-Need of the hour

Science-Based Medicine is dedicated to evaluating medical treatments and products of interest to the public in a scientific light, and promoting the highest standards and traditions of science in health care. Online information about alternative medicine is overwhelmingly credulous and uncritical, and even mainstream media and some medical...

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The origin of SARS-CoV-2, revisited-Quest special

Since early in the pandemic, scientists have overwhelmingly concluded that the evidence makes a natural origin for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a far more likely explanation for the pandemic than a laboratory origin. Over the last three weeks or so, however, there has been considerable chatter...

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Sapiens and Pandemic: A Special Discussion with Yuval Noah Harari

Students in Japan engage in a virtual lesson from historian Yuval Noah Harari, author of the best-selling book “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,” regarding how clues from the past can be used to forecast what the future has in store. https://youtu.be/9drNVSuyp0w

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Michael Shermer w/ Helen Pluckrose-from Skeptic

Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that certain people shouldn’t practice yoga or cook Chinese food? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only white people can...

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Tools for Non-Confrontational Discussions -Anthony Magnabosco

Street Epistemology is a technique based on Socratic questioning to help people reflect on the reasons and methods they use to conclude their deeply held beliefs are true. This skill is incredibly important to enable you to have productive and non-confrontational discussions with friends, family, or online discussions....

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How to Repair the American(probably whole human) Mind-Guy P. Harrison

America’s political disinformation and conspiracy belief crisis can be solved.Not only of America!! “Every person we save is one less zombie to fight.”  ― World War Z, 2013 film The invasion of the U.S. Capital Building by rioters and vandals on January 6 marked a significant moment in...