Joel Gross's Blog

The truth in a lot of academic research today is that researchers need to get published to have a career and most journals will not publish science that runs contrary to the popular political narratives. This leads researchers to self-select as well as a journals to select for only showing one narrative. This means they’re not doing science at all, hence the loss of faith in a lot of science, especially in the business and social areas.

I was taught and used to believe that the accident of who you were born to should not matter. But are our children interchangeable with anyone else’s children? Of course not. Who you were born to was no accident, but the entire purpose of life.

I have met a lot of farmers over the last two years. I have met a lot of small farmers, a few medium sized farmers, and a couple of large farmers.

I am not really sure that any of them make more than minimum wage once you factor in all of their work hours. Quite a few of them lose money and basically make a negative wage.… read more “Farming in Central Washington”

I received a very strange call from an Iranian friend today. Here’s how it went:

Him – “You post a lot of political stuff online, can you post for the US to go all in hitting Iranian Islamic Republic targets to support the protest / revolution?”

Me – “Ummm… Ok… Isn’t your family in Tehran?”

Him – “Yes, but the US has been pretty precise about hitting targets and now is the critical time for support to happen.… read more “Should the US help the protestors in Iran?”

Firefighters and teachers rightfully get huge amounts of support and love in our society. Firefighters save people’s lives from car accidents, fires, and health events. Teachers help train our next generation up to the most advanced level in human history.

Police do not receive the same support, despite doing an equally important job for similar pay levels.… read more “Firefighters and Teachers Versus Police Officers”