March 17, 2025, article from The AbjectLesson.
Much of modern American science, especially in academia and media, has devolved into politicized “scientism” lacking true scientific rigor, driven more by consensus and funding than predictive models and validation. In contrast, real science is objective, testable, and often found in high-stakes industrial settings like defense technology.
“The odds are extremely high that anything you’ve read recently in a mainstream media science piece, no matter how ‘peer reviewed,’ is garbage. My conservative estimate is that it’s about 80/20 in favor of garbage.”
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