“Instead of blindly following the bureaucrats and generals in the Defense Department, we need a Manhattan-type project in order to develop the kind of Space Force needed to meet future military challenges.” — Lt. Gen. Steven L. Kwast, USAF (Ret.) I have written before about the threat that Communist China represents, and I have written […]
Concluding our impromptu series of citations from Alex Epstein’s book, The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (2014), this week’s post addresses a commonly heard claim by environmental activist-types that has resulted from compounded misrepresentations of actual scientific research. Mr. Epstein, if you will… “This brings us to the oft-cited comment that 97 percent of climate […]
“I would transition from the oil industry, yes.” — presidential candidate Joe Biden In the last presidential debate, Joe Biden not only said he was in favor of banning fracking on federal lands (though insists he would not institute an overall ban) but that he wants to shut down the oil industry because it “pollutes […]
We have all heard the claims and warnings — some quite hysterical — that our use of fossil fuels is recklessly irresponsible and immoral. If we don’t make dramatic changes ASAP, the end of civilization will be upon us in mere decades, if not just a few years. But, this is nothing new. Since at […]
A “paleoartist” is someone who creates original art that is supposed to visually represent prehistoric life. Ever wonder how paleoartists know what dinosaurs and such looked like? Well, it begins with various bits of scientific evidence — primarily from the size and structure of the skeleton — that inform the illustrations. This has improved over […]
The other day I (re-)discovered a comment that a reader named “Ian” had left on a blogpost of mine a couple months ago, and I had forgotten all about it. The blogpost itself was from 2011, in which I presented the “just one question” argument for the pro-life position. For a number of reasons, I […]
“[I]t is far from true that biogeography unambiguously supports common ancestry.” — Dr. Günter Bechly Biogeography is the study of the distribution of organisms across geographic space and geological time. It has been around for quite awhile but has gradually integrated concepts and information from several scientific disciplines, from evolutionary biology to climatology. All “origins” […]
Did you know that the famed Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is going to be replaced? Well, not “replaced” exactly, since it will probably remain functioning in low Earth orbit for many more years. There will be no direct replacement, as its coverage of near-ultraviolet to near-infrared wavelengths is still quite valuable, and nothing with similar […]
Have you seen the “Plandemic” video? I haven’t, yet, but I kept seeing posts about it on Facebook and was wondering if it was worth my time. From the mixed comments I read/heard, it sounded questionable, but I couldn’t be sure. Then, a family-member forwarded some comments on “Plandemic” from an acquaintance of hers, Jeff […]
“Only science gives reliable truth.” — believers in scientism Have you ever heard of a self-refuting view or idea? This is an idea that, when examined, actually defeats itself. It commits suicide. There are different types of self-refuting ideas, and some are easier to recognize than others. For example, if someone says, “All English sentences […]
