Five characteristics of science denial
21 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, environmental economics, health economics Tags: Anti-Science left, climate alarmists, conjecture and reputation, cranks, philosophy of science, Quacks
Karl Popper on the role of consensus in science
13 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in Karl Popper, liberalism Tags: argument from authority, climate alarmism, conjecture and refutation, logical fallacies, philosophy of science, philosophy of the social sciences, sociology of science
The logical fallacy of special pleading
01 Oct 2015 Leave a comment
in Karl Popper, liberalism Tags: conjecture and refutation, logical fallacies, philosophy of science
A handy guide to irrational nonsense
28 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, liberalism Tags: cognitive psychology, logical fallacies, philosophy of science, quackery, rational rationality
Settled science part 1: Is science ever actually settled?
17 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, energy economics, environmental economics, history of economic thought Tags: climate alarmism, conjecture and ref patient, global warming, methodology of economics, philosophy of science, philosophy of social sciences
We are constantly told that “everyone has a right to their opinion” and “there are two sides to every story.” Our entire news system is predicated on the notion that we need to give fair time to both sides of every situation. The problem with this type of thinking is that it leads to the misconception that both sides are equally valid, or, at the very least, that there must be some truth to both sides, but in many cases, only one side has any merit. In other words, it’s often not opinion #1 vs. opinion #2, rather, it is fact vs. fiction. One “side” is reality, while the other “side” is a fairy tail. For example, if you want to say that the island of Jamaica is being carried around on the back of giant sea turtle, that’s not your opinion, you’re just wrong. There wouldn’t be two legitimate…
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‘Climate culture’ versus ‘knowing disbelief’
15 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of information, economics of media and culture, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate change, conjecture and refutation, global warming, philosophy of science, political psychology
by Andy West
Climate culture versus knowing disbelief.
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George Stigler on the growth of knowledge
10 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in George Stigler, history of economic thought Tags: conjecture and refutation, growth of knowledge, methodology of economics, philosophy of science, philosophy of social sciences, structure of scientific revolutions
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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