…f reason. Practiced honestly and conscientiously, science is truly sacred. People are right to revere science. But the government — whether in Florida, or anywhere else — is NOT offering us science. Liars cannot be scientists.     Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage in back-and-forth discussion with Dr. Hurd on topics of interest. Al… Continue reading →

…in this reasoning: The thousands of cases where people DO wear masks, and test positive for COVID anyway; the many false positives with COVID testing; group think (“Everyone else seems to think this, so it must be true”); the thousands of cases where people do NOT wear masks, and still do NOT get COVID. Motivation for confirmation bias: ignorance; lack of intelligence; sheer stupidity; political bias (e.g., irrational hatred of Trump); or a psych… Continue reading →

…a row in which all 20 acting nominees are white. Charlotte Rampling is the latest actress to weigh in on the race row that has erupted over this year’s Academy Awards. Rampling, 69, who is nominated for the Best Actress Award for her role in “45 Years,” called the decision by some actors to boycott the Oscars “anti-white racism.” “Maybe this time, no black actor or actress deserved to make it to the final selection,” she said during an interview o… Continue reading →

…aises of. The only level playing field is one in which everyone is equally free to compete and produce. If everyone has an equal right to sell his product and keep whatever he earns from it, then the field is level. Level fields and level outcomes, of course, are not the same thing. If an outcome is more favorable for one business than another business, then it’s because the one business satisfied more customers, in a more efficient way, than did… Continue reading →