Commentary Science is the process by which we learn about the workings of material reality. Though modern innovations—built on the fruits of science—would look like magic to people living only decades ago, they result from the time-tested scientific method. Contrary perhaps to media portrayals of science, the scientific method depends not on the existence of…

Commentary In a recent interview, famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was challenged on his scientific views about COVID-19 and he said “I’m only interested in consensus”—words that would have Nicholas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei rolling in their graves. The appeal to “scientific consensus” is fraught with problems, just like “The science is settled” and “Trust the…

Commentary Here’s my recent testimony against the bill at the CA State Senate: Attorney Laura Powell also testified against the bill with some excellent remarks… We don’t need #AB2098 because there is no misinformation crisis. There’s a crisis of institutional credibility. The public has lost faith in the medical establishment, and censorship will not rebuild…

Commentary “Attention must be paid!” Or so says Mrs. Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” first performed in 1949. In their context, her words refer to the neglect by her two sons, Biff and Happy, of their father, her husband, and of his sufferings. But the passive construction, making “attention” the subject…