Category Archives: Science

The Overpopulation Fallacy: Why More People Means More Knowledge and Prosperity

Article by Amir Iraji.

For decades, the dominant narrative surrounding population growth has been one of alarm. Thinkers like Malthus warned that population growth would cause mass starvation and ecological collapse. Ehrlich’s 1968 book The Population Bomb famously predicted that hundreds of millions of people would starve in the 1970s due to overpopulation.

Today, concerns are shifting. Many of the same governments that once feared overpopulation are now worried about declining birth rates. Countries like Japan, South Korea, and much of Europe struggle with economic stagnation and aging populations. Even China—after enforcing its coercive One-Child Policy—is now encouraging larger families. This shift raises an important question: where did the fear of overpopulation come from, and was it ever justified?

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The vindication of a heretic

Article by Brendan O’Neill.

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Jay Bhattacharya is right: ‘scientism’ is a menace to truth and liberty.

But Bhattacharya’s mission is less one of personal vengeance than of scientific restoration. He told his hearing that he wants to bring back ‘the very essence of science’ to the NIH. And what might that be? ‘Dissent’, he said.

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That we scientists found ourselves in the position of telling the masses they ‘shouldn’t be saying goodbye to [their] grandfather as he’s dying in a hospital’ was awful, he said. What we should have done is say ‘Here’s what the risks are’, and then let people decide whether to take them.

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That we scientists found ourselves in the position of telling the masses they ‘shouldn’t be saying goodbye to [their] grandfather as he’s dying in a hospital’ was awful, he said. What we should have done is say ‘Here’s what the risks are’, and then let people decide whether to take them.

The Damage Mass Schooling Does

Article by L. Reichard White.

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What changed, morphed, and/or converted our archaic ancestors who wouldn’t even stand on cue for a church service into Milgram experiment victims and authoritarian follower lemmings who will electrocute fellow humans on demand, machine-gun helpless civilians, torture prisoners, unnecessarily nuke entire cities, and allow themselves to be “locked-down” and jabbed with an untested mRNA vaccine at the direction of elected liars, bureaucrats and white-coated authority figures?

When a Forecast Flops: Post-Hoc Rationalization in Climate Science

Article by Charles Rotter.

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Mann’s post inadvertently highlights a key issue in climate science: the gap between predictive confidence and observed outcomes. When forecasts fail, climate scientists often claim the climate system is no longer behaving predictably—implying their models are still right, just incapable of adapting to a “changing system.” This raises a critical question: If the system is behaving unpredictably, how can forecasts demand such unwavering trust, let alone justify sweeping climate policies?