Bad Faith at Second Mesa, Freeman Dyson and Me, Is College Driving Political Division?

PLUS: The Hardest Hits of All, Establishment Scientists, Charles Simic

𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒:

𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐚

Jaq Evans | Truly*Adventurous | October 28, 2022

After swiping sacred American Indian artifacts three archeology thieves believe they are being hunted down by spirits of vengeance.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥

Jenny Vrentas | NY Times (no paywall) |  October 24, 2022

She lost her only son, a former N.F.L. player. A settlement would have provided some solace, but even that was taken away. Wonderfully written, with a striking twist at the end.

𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞

Jeremy Bernstein | MIT Press Reader | 20th October 2022

Memoir of a 50-year friendship spanning the golden age of Big Science in post-war America. Bernstein and Dyson were both protégés of Robert Oppenheimer at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton. Bernstein left in 1961 to join the New Yorker. Dyson stayed on, dividing his genius between quantum mechanics, pure math, nuclear engineering, space exploration, and game theory.

𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀:

𝐐𝐔𝐎𝐓𝐄: Whoever has the power in society determines what can be studied, determines what can be observed, determines what can be thought. Scientists fall in line with the dominant power structure. They have to because the power structure pays the bills.

—MICHAEL CRICHTON

𝐎𝐍 𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒:

𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄: The One Little Problem With a Washington Post Story | “It’s hard to report on a scientific study without reading it.” | James Freeman  | Wall Street Journal | Oct. 21, 2022  

𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐒:  Suppression Campaign | “The American Medical Association [which represents only 17% of doctors] asks the federal government to prosecute critics of radical gender medicine.” | Christopher Rufo | City Journal | October 12, 2022 | Hospitals want to silence you for quoting them. “At their founding, these three medical associations embraced the idea that they should be nonpartisan, neutral, and driven by scientific evidence. But by issuing this reckless call to prosecute critics, they have revealed themselves to be hostile to open debate and free scientific inquiry. They are behaving like dangerous ideologues rather than custodians of the public trust.”