Category Archives: Experts

Dog Bites Man: Bush Used Political Ideologues and Cronies to ‘Rebuild’ Iraq

Posted on September 16, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

After reading this Washington Post article about the Iraq War reconstruction effort, I’ve stumbled across the epitaph of the Bush Administration…
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Posted in Experts, Fucking Morons, Little Lord Pontchartrain, Middle East, Public Health | 9 Comments

The Republican War on Science 2.0

Posted on September 6, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

I just received fellow Scienceblogger Chris Mooney‘s The Republican War on Science. I’ve already read the first edition. The new edition has a new forward, updates at the end of many chapters, and a revamped conclusion. Hopefully, this weekend, I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggity Blog, Creationism, Evolution, Experts, Fucking Morons, Global Warming | 2 Comments

Brad DeLong on Experts and Amateurs

Posted on September 5, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

Brad DeLong is one of those really smart people who I would never want to be really angry at me when the facts don’t support me. Why?
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Posted in Conservatives, Economics, Experts, Fucking Morons, News Media | 1 Comment

Dover: A Victory for Liberals

Posted on August 7, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

I’m swamped with work, and I plan on linking to this post from the old site, so I’ve resurrected this from the archives of the Mad Biologist.
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AMA Seeks Ban on Ads For New Drugs

Posted on July 26, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

The American Medical Association has called for a temporary ban on all direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription drugs.
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Posted in Experts, Public Health | 5 Comments

Experts and the Middle East

Posted on July 23, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

From the old digs comes this post about how catastrophically wrong self-proclaimed ‘experts’ were on Iraq.
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Posted in Experts, Fucking Morons, Iraq, Middle East | 2 Comments

Ode To the Common Man (and Woman)

Posted on July 11, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

Recently, in the political op-ed world, there has been much gnashing of teeth and rending of garments over the rise of the barbaric blogosphere hordes, who dare challenge the hammerlock that the Mandarin Class and the Punditocracy have over the ‘debate’ in the U.S. What has bothered me the most about the Punditocracy’s reaction is the unwarranted arrogance
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Science: Trust Versus Belief

Posted on July 6, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

Matt Stoller at MyDD.com comments on Andrew Sullivan’s and Robert Samuelson’s apologetics for global warming: This is rich. The rush to war was premised on the assumption that the judgment of the Bush administration (and Sullivan) was superior to that of professional weapons inspectors like Hans Blix. This turned out to be false. Now, the foot-dragging on global warming is premised on the assumption that the judgment of the Bush administration (and Sullivan) is superior to that of the global scientific community.
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The Divide Between the Liberal Arts and Science

Posted on July 4, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s the 4th of July, and the Mad Biologist doesn’t work on yontif, so here’s something from the archives about scientific literacy (or illiteracy, actually). Surprisingly, I actually agree with Nicholas Kristof (originally published Dec. 8, 2005).

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How Experts Really Speak

Posted on June 13, 2006 by mikethemadbiologist

The Mad Biologist digs bloggers who are very mad. Before we get to the Mad blogger Grand Moff Texan (aka “The Asshole of the Gods. And there’s not a damn thing you can do about it.”), I’ve noticed that the … Continue reading →

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