"End it. Formal publishing is not just useless, it’s downright harmful. And there is no need of it.

"Science began with highly intelligent men writing letters to each other, and showing the copies around. A fine practice.

"It kept the noise to a minimum. Formal publishing is now almost entirely noise. There are more than 8 million papers published a year now, a number going up and up and up. Nobody reads them. Why should they? They are almost all useless. Nearly all exist because, and only because, academics must publish or perish. Must.

"If we eliminated formal publications, much of this persiflage would dry up, and our best and brightest would be able to concentrate on their own work, and not be harassed with “peer review” requests.

"The only people who have respect for peer review are those who have never experienced it."

https://wmbriggs.substack.com/p/end-all-formal-science-journals-and

The Fake Science of Sugar

How fat and cholesterol were substituted for sugar and turned Americans into an unhealthy herd of waddling land-whales. A doctor explains how the groundwork for the Food Pyramid nonsense and the encouragement to reduce fat consumption and increase carbohyrdate consumption of the 1990s was laid by the corruption of scientistry in the 1960s. In 1967, […]

https://voxday.net/2024/03/06/the-fake-science-of-sugar/

Rand Paul is being touted as a successor to Mitch McConnell as leader of Senate Republicans after it was announced that the 82-year-old Senator will step down from the position in November.

https://modernity.news/2024/02/29/will-rand-paul-be-the-next-gop-senate-leader/

GamerGate 2.0

Buckle up, boys. The ride never ends. A summary from /pol/ I think we all know who is going to win the 2025 Hugo Award for Best Related Work now. I’m a little surprised Kotaku is still around, to be honest, given the fact that no one who is actually interested in or plays games […]

https://voxday.net/2024/03/07/gamergate-2-0/

Scientistry doesn’t appreciate how much scientody involved crowdfunding and self-publishing. Full story in a couple of weeks. Sign up to catch every installment. aetherczar.substack.com/

The Thucydides Stamp

No, it’s not some bizarre permutation on the so-called Thucydides Trap now en vogue with regards to the challenge being posed by China to Clown World’s imperialist hegemony, it’s the report on the successful test-stamping of the first Castalia History book, complete with pictures. The successful test means that the books should be going out […]

https://voxday.net/2024/03/07/the-thucydides-stamp/

"Einstein would write to The Times praising the “high and proud tradition of English science” in those who set out “to test a theory that had been completed and published in the country of their enemies in the midst of war.” From one pacifist/scientist to another, that would have been music to Eddington’s ears."

https://daily.jstor.org/bridging-the-gap-of-war-einsteins-eclipse/

NEW - Sweden is now a full NATO member, making it the 32nd country to join the military alliance.

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🌌 Exciting Update from the Moon: Japan’s SLIM Mission 🌕

In an astonishing turn of events, the Japanese spacecraft SLIM, which had capsized upon landing, has “awoken” nearly a month later in hibernation mode. Despite the harrowing cold of the lunar night, reaching temperatures as low as -130°C, the resilient explorer has not only survived but has also managed to send back new images and is even collecting some scientific data.

Stay tuned for more updates with @science 🚀🌖

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Signs are growing that the U.S. Air Force is about to conduct another live-fire test of its AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon hypersonic missile, or ARRW, but this time staged from Guam.

Last week, the service showed off a live AGM-183A under the wing of a B-52H bomber at Andersen Air Force Base on the highly strategic U.S. Pacific island territory, stating it was there for show and tell of sorts with deployed B-52 crews. The event was peculiar and as noted in The War Zone's initial reporting on it, a test of the weapon from Guam seemed like a better explanation for it being sent there. This would be a first-of-its-kind show of force, aimed primarily at sending signals to China, and raises questions about the Air Force's previously stated plans to cancel ARRW. https://www.twz.com/air/unprecedented-u-s-hypersonic-weapon-test-in-west-pacific-appears-imminent

Key Club of Rome member, Dennis Meadows, hopes the "necessary" depopulation of Planet Earth, down to one billion—an 87.5% reduction from today’s population—can "occur in a civil way".

"The planet can support something like a billion people, maybe two billion, depending on how much liberty and how much material consumption you want to have."

"If you want more liberty, and more consumption, you have to have fewer people. And conversely, you can have more people. I mean, we could even have eight or nine billion, probably if we have a very strong dictatorship."

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Don't Pity the Poor Omega

In which we consider the advantages of the outcast

https://sigmagame.substack.com/p/dont-pity-the-poor-omega

"Teachers and students alike will be using ChatGPT and its ilk going forward — so the focus should be on setting guardrails rather than tsk-tsking."

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/ai-tools-teachers-chatgpt-writable

Epstein Victims Sue FBI for Allowing Sex-Trafficking Network to Operate w/ Impunity

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.615610/gov.uscourts.nysd.615610.1.0.pdf

NEW - United Airlines' Boeing plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Texas just minutes into its flight after flames exploded from one of its jet engines.

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