Author Archives: Willard

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Peddling

Posted on June 16, 2017

https://neverendingaudit.tumblr.com/post/150362283819 Peddling is arguably the most favorite way for contrarians to lob factoids behind enemy lines. Once a door opens, peddlers block it with their foot and dispatch their sale pitches. Peddled talking points seldom matter to the topic at hand, … Continue reading →

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Freedom Fighters

Posted on May 13, 2017

I’ve been using the Freedom Fighter label for a while now. It’s more evocative than libertarian, less pejorative than market fundamentalist, and furthermore alliterative. In the following note, I am pleased to report some evidence that Freedom Fighters may become … Continue reading →

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SpeedoScience

Posted on January 18, 2017

Talking about pseudoscience does not always bore me, but it often does. Not because it begs a far from obvious question, but because of its unsexiness. This kind of talk belongs to what I shall call, in honor of the famous WPM International, SpeedoScience: SpeedoScience. N. An activity where … Continue reading →

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Like a Boss

Posted on October 18, 2016

Jim Steele struck again at Judy’s: after walrus science and coral bleaching, he audited Gaia herself. In the walrus episode, I made around 50 comments; Brandon Gates spent 75 in the bleaching one. The Gaia episode features 20 or so, most shorter and … Continue reading →

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Free Ride

Posted on September 27, 2016

Planes. Trains. Automobiles. Spacecrafts: ‘We have to inhabit other planets’: Gary Johnson offers libertarian solution to climate change https://t.co/Gz1bdYFDRg pic.twitter.com/8HGQlnN5My — Raw Story (@RawStory) September 25, 2016 Discuss.

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Our Ethical Web of Beliefs

Posted on September 7, 2016

Last winter, I saw over the tweeter that Lawrence Torcello published a new paper. Paywalled. So I asked him for a copy, using the hashtag #CanIHazPDF: Paywalled, @LTorcello – #canihazpdf please? — willard (@nevaudit) January 24, 2016 He sent me … Continue reading →

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William Rowan Hamilton

Posted on August 26, 2016

A screaming song is good in case you need to scream. In case you need one to scream at anyone who’d dare to tell you that Science ought to kneel down to the Militaro-Industrial Complex to save itself, here’s one: (Yes, Virginia, … Continue reading →

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