Comments on: If you sense that NSF or NIH have a view on something, it’s best not to fight city hall

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 05:22:38 +0000

Bruce: “Steve Sailer says when you move the IQ bell curve a little for different groups, the tail ends move a lot. Smarties and dumbies get much smarter or dumber as the bell curve moves a little.

“Scientists aren’t all that ballsy. Tail end left of the testosterone curve. So as testosterone decreases they lose a lot.”

Total annihilation.

By: Albion

Albion — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 12:48:06 +0000

Years ago I saw ads in some UK national newspaper for scientists/researchers. IIRC, every single one said words to the effect that “You will demonstrate the effects of climate change” (though back then it was probably ‘global warming’ as these word-fashions come and go)

In short, the task was laid out for the applicant, whatever branch of the sciences they were in.

By: Gavin Longmuir

Gavin Longmuir — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 22:29:52 +0000

President Eisenhower warned about the baleful effect of government funding on scientific research in his 1961 Farewell Address — immediately following his warning on the Military-Industrial Complex.

To some extent, the situation is self-correcting. Academics, just like politicians, now have very little credibility — because of their own obvious lies and self-serving behavior.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 20:39:46 +0000

Steve Sailer says when you move the IQ bell curve a little for different groups, the tail ends move a lot. Smarties and dumbies get much smarter or dumber as the bell curve moves a little.

Scientists aren’t all that ballsy. Tail end left of the testosterone curve. So as testosterone decreases they lose a lot.

By: Altitude Zero

Altitude Zero — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 20:34:20 +0000

Sad, but not surprising to anyone who has been involved in science in any way in the last 30 years.