by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 16, 2025 | Politics & Law, Science & Pseudoscience
An article on Space.Com, appeared on February 11th, headlined as “Scientists alarmed as Rubin Observatory changes biography of astronomer Vera Rubin amid Trump’s push to end DEI efforts”. This is happening across innumerable federal government...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Aug 4, 2021 | Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
With my particular formal educational background and skills, I am able to “do my own research” on most subjects competently, at least on a basic level, even if I was not previously well-studied in those subjects. And I sometimes have to update and revise...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | May 25, 2020 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
I grew to believe over my lifetime, that as Americans, our liberties have been chipped away at for generations and I often felt I was the rare crackpot that noticed or cared. There are countless laws and permits for every occasion, and I’ve written and spoken...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | May 7, 2020 | Psychology, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
There are many authentic conspiracies, and many we don’t even know about. The problem is that thanks to the Internet there are a THOUSAND TIMES more fake ones, and their prevalence is based on psychological stickiness, not fact. The real ones probably...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Feb 12, 2015 | Philosophy & Ethics, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Pseudoscience
I’m not sure how to decorate or dress for Darwin Day, but I assume it would be something pragmatic and sensible. But as some people make it their religion — the way they relate to life — some take it too far. One blogger I’ve encountered (among...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Nov 11, 2014 | Science & Pseudoscience, Technology & Futurism
This short TED Talk has a lot of little gems in a big issue. The telling change of a book title. The democratization of biochemistry. The false fears of the Hadron Collider weighed against considerations of more credible plausibilities. The speaker posits that,...
