Archive - Matt Shapiro's Marginally Compelling

An Elite Trade School

By blending college education with a traditional form of craftmanship education, the American College of Building Arts guides students to build tables…

Apr 22 •

March 2024

The Fraud Detection Pipeline

In the recent data fabrication stories, the accusations are largely coming from bloggers and independent researchers

Mar 1 •

February 2024

Who's Afraid of Data Fabrication?

Emerging technology is helping uncover fabricated science at even the most prestigious research institutions

Feb 6 •

January 2024

Reading List for Failing Institutions

A list of books for investigating how public health institutions built up trust and then burned it all down.

Jan 15 •

The Swan Song of Dr Collins

A shining star of scientific exceptionalism is spending the last stretch of his career trying to get people to trust science again.

Jan 9 •

December 2023

Final Stage of the Pandemic

You may have noticed I’ve been much less loquacious in my writing in the last few months. Some of this is due to a shifting focus in my priorities as…

Dec 16, 2023 •

November 2023

Playing By The Cancellation Rules

Fortunately for all my subscribers, I have nothing of value to contribute to the debate over the Israel-Palestine conflict that is better phrased by…

Nov 10, 2023 •

October 2023

With Covid, Income > Politics

Covid death rates correlate more closely to income than political alignment, but even that is a simplistic rubric

Oct 31, 2023 •

Permission to Hate

The reason for focusing on partisanship in Covid results is to give people moral permission to hate their neighbors

Oct 3, 2023 •

September 2023

The Tyranny of Oopsie

How our leaders prefer excuses over responsibility

Sep 18, 2023 •

August 2023

What Liberals Missed In Sound of Freedom

Our ideological boundaries are narrowing our moral and artistic field-of-view

Aug 29, 2023 •

What Conservatives Missed In Barbie

The Barbie movie is a masterpiece that exists entirely outside our current modes of political discourse.

Aug 21, 2023 •

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