How many times am I going to write this story? Well, damfino, but if the Times won’t quit, neither will I. The latest provocation from the Gray Lady of West 35th St. or wherever the fuck the Times hangs its hat these days is David Quammen’s The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin. Here’s how Dave…
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The New York Times, lost in a Metaverse of Misinformation
As all you Gödel guys n’ gals know, Kurt’s “Incompleteness Theorem” states, among other things, that any system of mathematics powerful enough to prove the basic theorems of arithmetic must allow for the existence of theorems that cannot be proven to be either true or false, and is thus necessarily “incomplete”. The so-called “Vanneman corollary”…
Shorter Ramesh Ponnuru: Sure, Hitler went too far, but so did his critics!
Haven’t had your morning coffee yet? Well, too bad, because I am playing the Hitler card this morning, and there’s nothing you can do about it. I will do Mr. Ponnuru the favor of quoting him according to the letter rather than the spirit, to wit: DeSantis lacks moral clarity on Ukraine. His critics lack…
Misinformation at the Washington Post, Jonathan Capehart edition
Misinformation courtesy of the Washington Post? It does happen! Just last year I fact checked Fact Checker Glenn Kessler for his mis/disinformation regarding the godawful Donald Trump/Paul Ryan/Mitch McConnell tax bill rammed through Congress back in 2017, and now I’m on the trail of WashPost columnist Jonathan Capehart for his seriously uncritical take on Al…