If someone in 2012 wants to criticize Henry Ford because he didn't know everything about automobiles a century ago, it's a little silly. He knew what he knew given the science and the technology of his day - he revolutionized his field. Freud got a lot wrong about psychology but he created the only unified theory of psychology recognized by people today. Criticizing him is as quaint and...
read moreJournalism as an occupation with ethical standards was a 20th century invention. For a brief, shining moment in time, journalists were interested in truth and newspapers flourished. Truth is subjective, of course, and so are editors who set the tone of newspapers and during the time when the press had power across all society, editors were on the left and the right. Newspapers...
read moreAs I wrote in Like Freedom? Thank A Scientist - How Science Made America Possible, during the meetings of the the Continental Congress during independence discussions, Thomas Jefferson noted the temperature on four separate occasions. Jefferson like many others present, was a citizen scientist long before there was government funding for it. The same climate of liberalism (liberals,...
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