Tag Archives: Experts

Think For Yourself

Posted on October 9, 2019 by the archivist

In a comment yesterday, Joe L wrote: There appears to be a concerted effort to demonize vaping which exploded in recent weeks. Not being a vaper, I don’t pay much attention to vaping news, so I’ll simply take his word … Continue reading →

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Contrary To Official Guidelines

Posted on October 5, 2018 by the archivist

Rose drew attention to this yesterday: Over 65? Eat butter and cakes to keep you healthy: Latest dietary advice for pensioners MILLIONS of old aged pensioners can stave off malnutrition this winter by eating full-fat foods such as cakes and … Continue reading →

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Fooled Again

Posted on July 19, 2017 by the archivist

Fooled again. Last night I turned off all my computers, and physically disconnected them from both the electricity main and the telephone line. I pulled the plugs out of the wall. I didn’t want to pull dead microprocessor chips out … Continue reading →

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Ashtray Math

Posted on June 5, 2016 by the archivist

I don’t trust “experts”. I like to work things out for myself. The” experts” might not be experts at all, or they might be wrong, or they might be lying. And anyway, how do you tell if someone is an … Continue reading →

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An Exemplary Century

Posted on December 21, 2015 by the archivist

I came across this on Facebook: It was the very first line that I noticed. I think there was pretty much the same life expectancy in the UK, where male life expectancy is now 79 years. That’s a 75% increase … Continue reading →

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The Cult of Expertise

Posted on April 8, 2014 by the archivist

Telegraph Columnist Charles Moore in The Game Is Up For Climate Change Believers: The origins of warmism lie in a cocktail of ideas which includes anti-industrial nature worship, post-colonial guilt, a post-Enlightenment belief in scientists as a new priesthood of … Continue reading →

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Your Experience Doesn’t Matter

Posted on December 19, 2013 by the archivist

I was trying to think today whether I’d ever seen smoking do anyone any harm. It certainly doesn’t seem to have done me any harm. I’m on zero medication these days (aside from whisky and cigarettes). Pretty much the only … Continue reading →

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