by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 5, 2021 | Pseudoscience, Right Wing Lunacy, Science, Science Based Medicine
NFL QB Aaron Rodgers chose homeopathy over vaccines, catches COVID Sometimes my blog posts write themselves. NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers decided to forgo COVID-19 vaccines and chose homeopathy to build antibodies against it. As you can predict, he tested positive...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 3, 2020 | Right Wing Lunacy, Science, Science Denial, Vaccination
We wondered: Could the inability of anti-vaxxers to accurately appraise their own knowledge and skills compared to those of medical experts play a role in shaping their attitudes about vaccines? This inability to accurately appraise one’s own knowledge is called the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 25, 2020 | • Politics, Behavior, Coronavirus, Critical Thinking, Partisan Idiocy, Pseudoscience, Psychology, Reason & Rational Thinking, Right Wing Lunacy
The 7 traits of conspiratorial thinking Science misinformation and conspiracy theories have surged during coronavirus. This guide can help you identify...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 6, 2020 | Religion, Right Wing Lunacy, What I'm Reading
The other week I picked up the audio book The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism by Katherine Stewart and just finished listening to it the other day. And then almost on cue this interview with the author Katherine Stewart by...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 17, 2017 | • Politics, Loons, Right Wing Lunacy
Behold the wonders of Rep. Louie Gohmert’s conspiracy chart Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) has a reputation as one of the more colorful members of Congress. But he outdid himself Tuesday afternoon, putting together an essentially incoherent chart connecting various...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 12, 2017 | Right Wing Lunacy
In a FaceBook group I’m a part of a fellow wrote: Conservatives are going to reap the worldwind for the craziness they and in particular rightwing media have created. The group rated most dangerous by the majority of law enforcement surveyed isn’t Antifa,...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 7, 2017 | • Politics, Right Wing Lunacy
A friend of mine the other week posted a Breitbart article entitled Ann Coulter: Media Begging Us for Conspiracy Theories on Las Vegas (I won’t link to Breitbart so google it if you want to read it) where the hate mongering asshole Ann Coulter was pitching the...
