Groupthink today: an endless circle of scapegoating

Mercantorent | 7 Mar 2022 George Orwell invented the term “groupthink” for his dystopian classic Nineteen Eighty-Four, first published in 1949. A few years later, the term was already in clinical use to describe a common psychological phenomenon. The idea is that people have a tendency to conform their own thoughts to those of the people…

Benefits of statins may have been overstated – new study

The Conversation | 15 Mar 2022 Cholesterol-lowering statins are one of the world’s most commonly used medicines. They were first approved for people with a high risk of cardiovascular disease in 1987. By 2020, global sales were estimated to have approached US$1 trillion (£764 billion). However, there has been an ongoing debate about whether or not statins…

US bio-weapons labs in Ukraine

Radical | 14 Mar 2022 Was the US illegally developing bio-weapons in the now confirmed labs that exist on Russia’s border with Ukraine? Are we the Baddies? Was the US illegally developing bio-weapons in the now confirmed labs that exist on Russia’s border with Ukraine? 1) The Caveat: It should be assumed throughout this article…