The speaker of the house recently opened congress by telling an outright lie about Thomas Jefferson. The saddest part of that is how many people believe him.

#science #skepticism

Skeptical: The Watchmaker Argument

Skeptical: The Sunk Cost Fallacy

Environment: Mysterious Gooey Blobs on Canada's East Coast

Environment 2: New Hajpshire Distillery Makes Whiskey out of Invasive Crabs

Wildlife: Whale Poop; neon green, red, sparkly

Positive: Creepy Doll Contest

References:

https://www.philosophycubed.com/the-watchmakers-self-defeat/

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/02/god-watchmakers-and-the-short-half-lfe-of-technology-metaphors/385408/

https://www.answers-in-reason.com/religion/atheism/dismantling-the-watchmaker/

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmaker_analogy#:~.text=The%20Watchmaker%20analo

https://www.behavioraleconomics.com/resources/mini-encyclopedia-of-be/sunk-cost-fallacy/

https://hbr.org/2021/07/how-susceptible-are-you-to-the-sunk-cost-fallacy

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-sunk-cost-fallacy-7106851

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost

Skeptical / Researched: Homeopathy

Environment: Slurry spill last year may have killed most of this years spawners

Wildlife: Why horseshoe crabs are crucial to our ability to safely inject fluids and why we should be finding other sources

Positive: High School Student creating a future with less invasive and less expensive prosthetics

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-high-schooler-invented-a-low-cost-mind-controlled-prosthetic-arm-180979984/