Health Care
“We have to judge medical evidence the same: whether ivermectin OR cloth masks in young kids.”
Vinay Prasad makes that sensible suggestion in a recent Twitter thread and adds, “Both have weak evidence.” He continues:
Scientific method
Education
Martin Center Column Explores Fix for Peer Review Problems
Adam Ellwanger writes for the Martin Center about problems plaguing the academic peer review process. Academics are growing wary of the peer review process amid mounting evidence that it is…
Energy
Challenging the ‘Science’ of Climate Change
Jonathon Mosely asks in an American Thinker column how much science is involved in the debate over climate change. “Trust science, not the scientists.” That is the essence of science.…
Education
Martin Center column critiques UNC governing boards
Jay Schalin of the Martin Center accuses UNC System governing boards of “fiddling while reason burns.” The “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI) paradigm is sweeping through academia. Its increasing use…
Education
Teachers union sticks to dubious science of six-foot social distancing
Veronique de Rugy writes at National Review Online about teachers clinging to a six-foot social distancing standard for reopened schools. … [T]he nation’s largest teachers’ union, the National Education Association,…
Liberty
The Twelve Days of Mask Mess: Day 11
Taking a study that starts by assuming a mask order in place cannot justify a mask order. Circular reasoning is no basis for an extreme emergency order. Also, a study…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Does Cooper’s own research justify his extreme orders? Part 2
The question is this: Does this research offer a slam-dunk case justifying Cooper's extreme emergency orders? This series will examine and discuss each study provided by the Cooper administration and…
Education
Martin Center column examines loss of faith in science
Sumantra Maitra writes for the Martin Center about responsibility for declining faith in science and its outcomes. In an essay in the liberal UK broadsheet The Guardian, multiple authors chart…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Does Cooper’s own research justify his extreme orders? Part 1
The question is this: Does this research offer a slam-dunk case justifying Cooper's extreme emergency orders? This series will examine and discuss each study provided by the Cooper administration and…
Health Care
Supposed science lovers attack science they don’t like
Victor Davis Hanson of National Review Online probes “unscientific” attacks on Dr. Scott Atlas. The news media until recently had rarely criticized the medical advice of experts — especially those…
Liberty
Popularizing science presents ‘grave’ problems
What is gravity, and how does it work? Those basic questions form the basis of an article, “The Gravity of the Situation,” in the latest issue of The American Scholar…
Education
Martin Center column offers ideas for boosting scientific innovation
Anthony Hennen of the Martin Center urges a reorientation in scientific research. In scientific research, new ideas have become harder to find. Innovation has fallen compared to 50 years ago.…