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About this blog: Real power doesn't reside with those who make the final decision, but with those who decide what qualifies as the viable choices. I stumbled across this insight as a teenager (in the 1960s). As a grad student, I belonged to an org... (More)

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Is Palo Alto prepared for a Coronavirus outbreak?
Jan 30, 2020 1:36 am
Comments: 19 | Views: 3,300
No. I can confidently say this based upon earlier outbreaks -- they have repeatedly demonstrated that various failures by decision-makers and others are part of... More

Expert witnesses are more than experts. Plus my 7 fundamental impeachment questions
Dec 7, 2019 2:32 am
Comments: 43 | Views: 5,034
Articles and books bemoaning the public's distrust of "experts" have been appearing for many years. One near constant is the author's refusal to... More

Anonymous Sources: Facebook and YouTube suppressing important questions and discussion
Nov 12, 2019 3:17 am
Comments: 29 | Views: 2,205
On Friday night (11/8), Facebook and YouTube announced that they would suppress any postings that included the name of the person widely believed to be the ==I "whistleblower&q... More

Skeptical of the "skeptics" but not the advocates?
Sep 22, 2019 5:21 am
Comments: 37 | Views: 3,989
In another blog on this site "^Skeptics, Dupes and Paranoids^" about the... More

Moral Panic, again on guns
Aug 22, 2019 5:32 am
Comments: 21 | Views: 3,350
A moral panic involves masses of people becoming irrational about a problem, both over-estimating how widespread and serious it is and demanding immediate action... More

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