Why You Should Never Trust ‘Research Shows’ Headlines

Written by William M Briggs

Research Shows headlines are generated from papers by academics, and these all have explicit or tacit claims of cause, all purporting to explain some set of observations (whether gathered in history, the world, or by experiment). To explain is to state or to tacitly point to a cause.

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Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education Causes Mass Squealing

Written by William M Briggs

Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock reacted to the Trump Administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education by saying the university would accept no new grant money, that professors would be returning what monies they now had, that the university would accept no federal funds of any kind, that they would ban its students from accepting student loans (all are backed by the federal government), they would refuse all federal and state favors, tax breaks, and any and all other special considerations. Just kidding!

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Fearmongering Ramped Up With FOUR Viruses This Winter

Written by Andy Rowlands

Here’s another scare story about ‘horrid bugs’ and viral contagion, As regular readers of PSI will know, many more doctors, scientists and researchers are questioning the virus theory narrative, which they argue, could merely be the body’s natural and regular detox process. Read and make up your own mind

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