New video out for our Patreon supporters! In this week’s instalment of ‘Behind the Grail’ we talk about how contrarianism is out of control across the world, even to us dedicated contrarians.
- Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient site in Turkey that may predate the famous temple site of Göbekli Tepe.
- Unexplained lights in the sky sparks UAP chatter across much of Western Australia.
- Do reptiles have moods too? Long dismissed as unintelligent, reptiles are emerging as cognitively and emotionally complex animals. (Archived page link)
- Trump and RFK Jr blame Tylenol for autism in new report, but experts are pushing back.
- Also – Paracetamol, pregnancy and autism: what the science really shows.
- The useful idiots of AI doomsaying: Those who predict that superintelligence will destroy humanity serve the same interests as those who believe that it will solve all of our problems. (Archived page link)
- The strongest evidence for a universe before the Big Bang.
- Is a requirement of ‘extraordinary evidence’ for extraordinary claims unreasonable?
- Fish can be surprisingly noisy, eavesdropping scientists say.
- We emit a visible light that vanishes when we die, says surprising study.
- If you’re reading this, we’re sorry – you’re one of the leftovers. Over in the religious corners of TikTok, self-styled prophets and prognosticators have decided that yesterday was the day of the Rapture.
Thanks to @kayorchison.bsky.social.
Quote of the Day
Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them, and there is almost no kind of outrage — torture, the use of hostages, forced labour, mass deportations, imprisonment without trial, forgery, assassination, the bombing of civilians — which does not change its moral colour when it is committed by ‘our’ side.
George Orwell
