Pesto was especially bad. He seems to believe that if he doesn't understand something, that means that the qualified people are wrong. (View Post)

Someone I know as a minor journalist during COVID. The "science specialist" journalists were deprecated from the story. Because It was a Top Story, which needed to be handled by Proper Jour… (View Post)

31 million, actually. (View Post)

All social system proposed and implemented have flaws. Which is why a mixture of them, which tries to alleviate the faults of each, has created the most success, so far. (View Post)

Several of the socio-political systems that claim to put humanity above profit have been tried. Lots of dead poor people is a common result. Then again, if you just want to reduce poverty… (View Post)