Junk Science of 2021: COVID-19 Edition

the most dangerous pandemic in a century spawned all sorts of junk science in 2021, running the gamut from pure quackery to ideology-fueled misinformation 

democracy faces collapse as polarization leads to loss of diversity

 Fifteen interdisciplinary teams of political scientists and complex systems theorists in the natural sciences and engineering explored how polarization is produced and influenced over time by the actions and interactions of individual voters, people in power, and various social networks.

via Steven Novella

Link to EurekAlert

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Link to PANS

Corruption Perceptions Index 2020 | Transparency International

Transparency International 

Open Source Macro TextBook (!)

 Advanced Macroeconomics An Easy Guide

Debating the f-word

 Is it accurate historically to apply the term ‘fascism’ to America under Trump? And is to do so strategically astute?

On the origin of minds | Pamela Lyon at AEON

 Cognition did not appear out of nowhere in ‘higher’ animals but goes back millions, perhaps billions, of years

In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish Way to World-Class Schools by Pasi Sahlberg and Timothy D. Walker

 seven key principles from the Finnish education system that can help build inclusive and thriving school communities, positioning trust as the key ingredient for educational excellence.