Organization of Topics

Category

Bad Science

Brain Science & Brainwashing

Climate Change

Conspiracy Theories

Cosmology & Astrophysics

Critical Thinking

Cyber Issues

Demographics

Education

Elections

Energy Production

Environment

Evolution

Genes & Genetic Engineering

Gun Violence

Medicine, COVID, and Vaccinations

Miscellany

Network Science

“New Age” Hoaxes

Ozone Layer

Partisan Divides over Science

Political Interference

Scientific Breakthroughs

Toxic Products

Blog Series or Posts

The Science Denier’s Toolbox

Profiles in Denial: Introduction

Eugenics in the United States

Bad Rx: Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos

The Initial Pseudoscience Awards

Prosecuting Science Denial

Fraud in Physics

Pseudoscience Awards for 2023-24

Violent Extremists and Psy-Op Victims: Trump’s Cult of Personality

My Brain Surgery

Brainwashing via Social Media

How Psychedelics Affect the Human Brain

Changing Minds in a Polarized Era

The Heartland Institute Strikes Again

Scientific Tipping Points: Lessons Learned for Climate Change

Climate Change Problem Solving

Will Happer, Climate Change Denier

S. Fred Singer, All-Purpose Science Denier

Richard Muller, Climate Change Skeptic

John Christy, Climate Change Denier

Ten False Narratives of Climate Change Deniers

Geoengineering

Debunked? A Review of Steven Koonin’s Book Unsettled?

Still Deniers After All These Years: A Review of the Heartland Institute’s ‘Climate at a Glance’

Climate and Civilization

Ocean Currents, Weather, and Climate

Climate Tipping Points

Climate Migration

Flat Earth “Theory”

Conspiracy Theory “True Believers”

Dr. Judy Mikovits, Conspiracy Theorist

QAnon: An Ominous Conspiracy Theory

Can AI Wean People Off Conspiracy Theories?

Young Earth Creationism

Where Is Everybody?

How to Tune Your Bullshit Detector

Test Your Critical Thinking

Cyberweapons of Mass Destruction

The Promise and the Perils of Cryptocurrency

Artificial Intelligence: Is It Smart? Is It Dangerous?

The Cyberhogs: Cryptocurrency Mining, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Centers

Can You Create an Evil AI? Let’s Ask Grok

Ramifications of the Accelerating Worldwide Baby Bust

The Demographics of Persistent Partisan Polarization

MAGA Pronatalists Want More White, Christian Babies

America’s Transition from Scientific Brain Gain to Brain Drain

Attacks on Science Education

Lies, Damned Voting Fraud Lies, and Statistics

Evaluating Electoral Reform Proposals

The Future of Nuclear Power

Release of Water from the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Complex

What’s New With Renewables?

The EPA’s War Against Science

The Endangerment Finding

Evolution

Philip E. Johnson, Evolution Denier

Michael Behe, Evolution Denier

William Dembski, Evolution Denier

Whither Homo Sapiens?

Gene Drives

Envisaging the Invisible Man: Forensic DNA Phenotyping

The CRISPR Arms Race

Sex, Gender, Genome and Hormones

Reviving Extinct Species

Genetically Engineered Crops

Gun Violence Research

Vaccinations

COVID-19 Denial

COVID-19 Resurgence in America

Ten False Narratives About the Coronavirus

‘Natural’ Herd Immunity: A Really Bad Idea

Purdue Pharma and America’s Opioid Epidemic

The Disinformation Dozen

America’s Frontline Quacks

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: Conspiracy Theorist

The Birth Control Disinformation Campaign

Origin of COVID? We’ll Likely Never Know

Will RFK Jr. “Make America Healthy Again?” Not on Your Life!

mRNA Vaccines: Promise and Demonization

An RFK, Jr. Lexicon

Understanding Autism

Scientific Tipping Points, Introduction

Still Relevant: Three Classic Dystopian Novels

The “War of the Currents”

Reefer Madness: The War on Cannabis

The Desperation of Book Bans

Are Private Equity Firms Ruining America?

Disrupting Echo Chambers

Homeopathy

Wellness Fads

Astrology

Crystal Healing

Psychics Strike Out

The Ozone Layer Controversy

Scientific Tipping Points: The Ozone Layer

Bridging Partisan Divides over Scientific Issues

The Increasing Partisan Divide in Trust in Science

Live Free AND Die: Why Republican Voters are Dying Younger than Democratic Voters

The Trump Executive Order That Could Kill American Science?

Science Isn’t Stagnating, Peter Thiel

Scientific Tipping Points: The Banning of DDT

The Toxic Product Defenders

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