Should mental-health professionals diagnose Trump as mentally ill?
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It’s one thing for us to call Trump a narcissist or a sociopath, but it’s another thing entirely when a group of mental-health professionals argue that Trump should not be allowed to debate—or should be impeached—because he’s sick in the head.
Psychiatrists generally refrain from diagnosing people whom they haven’t examined, adhering to what’s called the “Goldwater Rule”. That rule, put into place by the American Psychiatric Association, came into being in 1973 when a group of over 1000 psychiatrists questioned Barry Goldwater’s fitness for office based on their long-distance diagnosis. Other Presidents, including Clinton, have also been diagnosed as mentally ill by the pros.
After the diagnosing of Trump started in 2016, the APA issued a statement in January, 2018 that reaffirmed the Goldwater Rule:
Today, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) reiterates its continued and unwavering commitment to the ethical principle known as “The Goldwater Rule.” We…
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Baby Its You, Promises, Whatever Happened To…. Countdown Segment 1981
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Why Wind & Solar Are Pointless: ‘Renewables Will Power Us’ Myth, Smashed Again
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Renewables will power us myth, smashed – again.
It takes a special brand of delusion to believe that we’re a heartbeat away from an all wind and sun powered future. But that’s the premise advanced by wind and sun worshippers and the rent seekers that profit from the greatest subsidy scam in human history.
Putting aside their chaotic intermittency, the staggering amount of resources required to build and construct wind turbines and solar panels, there’s the inherently diffuse nature of wind and solar power. Land use is just another issue which the renewable energy crowd brush away with a sniff and a shrug.
Atte Harjanne and Janne Korhonen take a different view, with a detailed analysis of why wind and solar are worse than pointless.
Abandoning the concept of renewable energy
Energy Policy (127, pp.330-340)
Atte Harjanne and Janne Korhonen
April 2019
Abstract
Renewable energy is a widely used term…
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Sexual Roles and the Theory of Parental Investment
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in David Friedman, discrimination, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, health economics, human capital, labour supply, occupational choice, urban economics Tags: evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology
About intermittency and being a net exporter
03 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
While writing the post on the upgrade of the Hornsdale Power Reserve, I became curious how South Australia balances its grid. Looking into the data, it became pretty clear that it aren’t the batteries that doing the balancing. According to the fuel mix data of AEMO, the battery storage output is insignificant compared to the huge swings in output of solar and wind power.
There are several balancing strategies possible. For example, in a previous series on the German energiewende, I found that Germany’s strategy is to use fossil fuels (gas, coal and even lignite) when there is not enough solar & wind and export the surplus to the neighboring countries when there is too much solar & wind.
South Australia also has a high share of solar and wind, so how do they do it?
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How Kubrick made 2001: A Space Odyssey – Part 1: The Dawn of Man
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A huge new German Offensive begins – Operation Typhoon! – WW2 – 110 – October 3, 1941
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in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: World War II
Cold Chisel – Full 1981 Countdown Awards clip with barnsey commentary
03 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
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