Media
The decay of science mags is not going unnoticed
Trust in news media plummets further
Will the war on objectivity in news media spread to science? Has it already?
At City Journal: Review of book attempting to scuff out the lab leak theory re COVID-19
When progressivism hit the science journals…
Do courts (or smart people) trust Wikipedia?
Trust the Science! files: U Washington kept quiet — knowingly — on flawed transgender study
The Intelligent Design Audiopaper Project
I was thinking recently, about how many audiobooks are consumed by people these days. I would guess that the main reason behind this consumption is convenience. Many people just don’t have the time, or don’t create the time, to really sit down and get their head in a book. But I understand that for many, it can also be due to personal preference, financial considerations, lack of space, being visually impaired, or learning difficulties. If non of these issues are barriers, I would always encourage reading (and ideally taking notes), rather than simply listening. On balance, the evidence does suggest that good reading is a much more efficient way of retaining information than listening, on its own. In general, listening Read More ›
Remember when the lab-leak theory of COVID-19 was “just a conspiracy theory”?
Science mag goes bonkers on abortion, and related stories
At Mind Matters News: Why science news sucks — a response to a disgusted physicist
It turns out that fact-checker “credibility” ratings don’t affect people’s views of news much
Science writers complain about online harassment
Breaking: Twitter accepts Musk’s Share offer buyout plan
Breitbart, as I just saw: After a two-week battle against opposition from the platform’s board members, self-declared free speech absolutist Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and currently the richest man in the world, has succeeded in his bid to buy Twitter. In a press release, the Twitter board announced that they had reached an agreement with the multi-billionaire to sell 100 percent of the company at Musk’s original price of $54.20 per share. Where does this point? DEVELOPING. U/D April 29, Followership jumps per Daily mail: A chart of followership shifts from the verge: