Recent content by TooOldForThis

While I was in my car a few minutes ago I heard on the radio a classic example of a bad science paper getting big publicity. If you're in science and publish, and think about these things, you will know of lots of examples of bad science getting into peer reviewed journals. But I suddenly...

Let me repeat what I wrote: "While you didn't direct this to me, I'd like to make it clear that I do not deny that the US military causes civilian casualties. In fact, to me it seems to be informal US policy to cause deliberate civilian casualties in the countries that we are at war with." I...

I realize you doubt me on this. Try reading this through and perhaps you'll understand the complicated difficulties of the issue the way I do. ________________________________________________ We're talking here about an incidence of spina bifida of about 3.0% in the normal population and an...

I gave you proof that the US military itself publishes articles that admits the past practice of targeting civilians, that it was highly successful, and that the absence of the practice in Iraq and Afghanistan led to failure in those missions. That's not enough, LOL. "Ongoing basis and...

Obviously you don't read anything written by "America's worst enemies", LOL. In fact, I don't think you read much military history at all and you certainly haven't been following recent research. During WW1, a total of 720 German civilians were killed by military action. The result was that the...

While you didn't direct this to me, I'd like to make it clear that I do not deny that the US military causes civilian casualties. In fact, to me it seems to be informal US policy to cause deliberate civilian casualties in the countries that we are at war with. That is why we firebombed as many...

The primary use of Agent Orange / Dioxin in the US is that it's a convenient way to get more medical care for veterans. For that, it is supported by the Republican party as support for military veterans and the Democrat party because of their fears of chemical contamination. Here is the list of...

Do you discuss your paranoid delusions with professionals? I agree with you that the society is ignorant, but we probably differ on exactly what they are ignorant of, LOL.

Your first link is the only peer reviewed article. It shows that that the Vietnamese papers exaggerate the relationship and the more reliable English language papers place the risk at only a 29% increase in birth defects. This is the *average* level and it is so low as to be difficult to detect...

Scientific truth has nothing to do with politics, LOL. According to you, scientific truth is determined by politics. Well if you're right, then the cleanup cost is ridiculously low. Fact is that the money spent is spent to make complaining people happy. Still zero scientific evidence for a...

The impression I get is that Europeans have a lot more to complain about. The people you see in the US complaining on the internet are not the majority of the population. This is a rather contented society.

This is one of those odd things that is widely believed to be true by the public but which has not been proven. Birth defects have been present in humans and their ancestors since animals first appeared on the planet. The normal rate is about 3%. This is a huge number so it's easy to find...

In economics and political terms of course. And in things like gun control and a republic structure. This is total BS. Disabled babies have been born on this planet every day for thousands of years but if someone can put a political spin on it they do. No actual evidence for it. Huh? Taiwan...

You are 100% right on this, but your point is in my favor. Here's a good example. The US more or less started a war against Spain in 1898 and stripped her of her remaining colonial possessions. One of those possessions was the Philippines which were fighting to become independent. The US decided...

This is a logical fallacy, a "false dichotomy". There are situations other than "respect government" and a "lawless state". The fact that the US exists proves the existence. No, my point is that the disagreement with elected authority dates to the earliest days of the Republic. It is not...