.. To some extent I was alarmed rereading my own text in translation …. about a note in my 2012 text ..
Category: Against Nihilism
Defending (western?) civilization. Actuality.
Peer-reviewing and the prestige of science: A plea for non-peer reviewing
In Dutch this text is available at the Academia account of Frans Groenendijk too (see link in footer). It was first published in 2012 at Keizers en Kleren (Emperors and clothes), a website about science that does not exist anymore. So yes: the article is older than the previous one in this category: TEXT: Real… Continue reading Peer-reviewing and the prestige of science: A plea for non-peer reviewing
Respect for relating to prison thugs?
At the beginning of this century I was a teacher for a couple of years in two very different kinds of schools. The management of both schools felt that some form of respect should be imposed on the teachers. In very different ways. The booklet ‘Respect’ I received as an ICT teacher at an intermediate… Continue reading Respect for relating to prison thugs?
2000 Mules. Or: every senile politician could have made this mistake
The title of this post refers to the opening scene of the movie 2000 Mules.It shows former vice president Biden who spoke -before the 2020 elections- about very special accomplishments of his party: Joe Biden says he’s built most extensive “voter fraud” org in history. Link to video below. Nobody claims that the video was… Continue reading 2000 Mules. Or: every senile politician could have made this mistake
Breaking careers
We should not be surprised at the tenacity and doggedness of the most arrogant scientists. Links: Judicial Internationalism: the announcement. The actual translation Real Science and Climate Science. Link to the original even longer text in Dutch:
Real science and climate science
The possibilities and limitations of science have occupied me for a very long time. 44 years ago I wrote a paper for the course ‘science theory’, for which I received high grades. The main reason for this was undoubtedly that I had partly based it on the book Personal Knowledge by the genius, but not… Continue reading Real science and climate science