by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 23, 2017 | Religion
Evidence for Jesus is weaker than you might think Note: This story was co-authored with David Fitzgerald, author of ” Jesus: Mything in Action.” Before the European Enlightenment, virtually all New Testament experts assumed that handed-down stories about...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 23, 2017 | Economics & The Economy
It’s Time for New Economic Thinking Based on the Best Science Available, Not Ideology – Evonomics Economics By Eric Beinhocker A new narrative for a complex age If 2008 was the year of the financial crash, 2016 was the year of the political crash. In that...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 23, 2017 | Science, Science Denial
(Practically) Nobody is Anti-Science A version of this piece appeared on the Genetic Literacy Project in September of 2014. As I was at the Portland, OR March for Science today, I walked past a woman who had cornered me at a March Against Monsanto rally a few years...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 19, 2017 | Critical Thinking, Science
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by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 18, 2017 | Agriculture, GMOs, Science
Farm Babe: Ultimate resource guide to science in agriculture — Top 100 sites | AGDAILY With the March for Science quickly approaching this Saturday, there’s never been a better time to stand up for Science in Agriculture. Many people, particularly in urban...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 17, 2017 | Cognitive Bias, Critical Thinking
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds In 1975, researchers at Stanford invited a group of undergraduates to take part in a study about suicide. They were presented with pairs of suicide notes. In each pair, one note had been composed by a random individual, the other...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 17, 2017 | • Politics, Climate Change & Global Warming, Energy
Scott Pruitt Chose the Wrong Coal Mine for His Big Speech About Reviving Coal Scott Pruitt is gearing up to tell a crew of coal miners how the Trump administration is going to make coal mining great...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 17, 2017 | Critical Thinking, The Media
Only You, Not Facebook Or Google, Can Stop Fake News Facebook has made some efforts, however ineffective, to stop the plague of fake news on their platform. Now Google is trying to stem the tide of false information online, along with their past attempts to shut down...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 17, 2017 | Religion, Science
Michael Shermer ” How Might a Scientist Think about the Resurrection? IMAGE ABOVE: The Bruder Klaus Field Chapel, Mechernich, Germany (near Köln), built 2005-2007 following the plans of the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. Photograph by Michael Shermer For the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 17, 2017 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Economics & The Economy
Perspective | The ‘Trump bump’ has turned to a ‘Trump thump’ Just about the time you think you may have finally figured out what the stock market is doing, it changes on you. Today, let’s look at two actual examples and one possible...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 17, 2017 | • Politics, Donald Trump, The Media
Why we took a stand on Trump That question cropped up repeatedly, from President Trump’s supporters as well as his critics, after we launched our six-part series of editorials about the 45th president. The answer is...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 15, 2017 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Trump wants to give the rich a big tax cut. Here’s what his supporters want. President Trump and his GOP allies are planning on handing out trillions of dollars in tax cuts. It’s one of a few major goals for Republicans now that they have control in...
