AI appears to perform no better than astrology, yet even the author of this critical piece defends its use in medicine.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Half of AI Health Answers Are Wrong Even Though They Sound Convincing – New Study
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 6 Comments »
Links 4/21/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 61 Comments »
Iran War: Fraying Nerves, Nonsense Negotiations, Psyops, and Ominous Notes
POTUS Trump and the Iranians are locked in a high tension stand off and the pressure on everyone is building like divers trapped in a bell that’s springing leaks as it descends into the abyss. And the hallucinations and delusions are building as bubbles form in the bloodstream and the brain. Let’s start with the […]
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 6:54 am | 100 Comments »
“Let Them Eat Donkey Meat”: Javier Milei’s Economic “Miracle” Enters New Phase
“Argentina should focus on what it is ‘inherently competitive’ at: agriculture, mining, oil and gas. What God has given us.”
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 14 Comments »
The US Demanded That Europeans Accelerate Their Transition to “NATO 3.0”
The Trump Administration engages in displacement activity by beating up on NATO in the hope that works better there than with Iran.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:39 am | 9 Comments »
Coffee Break: Palantir’s Manifesto Drops and So Does Objection
Palantir, the ontology company, has dropped a new manifesto, and co-founder Peter Thiel has a scary new company called Objection.
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 35 Comments »
Postponing the World’s Financial Winter – For How Long? Iran’s MAD Standoff with the Rest of the World
Micheal Hudson describes how the US and Iran threats against energy production is MAD, as in mutual assured destruction.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 37 Comments »
Links 4/20/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:56 am | 80 Comments »
Iran War: Talks Kiboshed, U.S. Seizes Iranian Tanker, Leaks Confirm Mad King Claims
Leaks from White House insiders reveal Trump kept out of situation room in key moments of war. Iran won’t be going to more talks.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Media watch, Middle East, Politics, Surveillance state
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 6:54 am | 155 Comments »
Maybe It Wasn’t Such a Hot Idea to Turn Libya into a Failed State: 2026 Shortages Edition
Europe sure could use Libya’s oil, gas, and petrochemical products now, but the self-destructive policy there is illuminating today.
Topics: Africa, Energy markets, Europe, Middle East, Ridiculously obvious scams, Russia, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 11 Comments »
Louisiana Advances One of the Country’s ‘Cruelest’ Anti-Homeless Bills
One homeless advocacy group said the bill, which would require homeless people to perform unpaid labor to pay for involuntary treatment, “evokes debtor’s prisons, convict leasing, and the ugliest day of Jim Crow.”
Topics: Guest Post, Market inefficiencies, Privatization, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 7 Comments »
Links 4/19/2026
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 71 Comments »
Iran War: Mad King Trump Gets the Strait Slammed in His Face
A rapidly declining Trump is living in a “dark fantasy” world as the Iranians close the Strait in anger at his lies. Meanwhile the MSM is beginning to break some bad news about the war.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 6:54 am | 234 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Lathe Of Heaven (1980) Run Time 1H 37M
The Lathe of Heaven is a movie about the power of dreams and the dangers of hubris.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 12 Comments »
It’s Ok to Love All the Bees (The Honey Bees, Too)
Are honey bees to blame for disappearing native bees?
Topics: Environment, Global warming
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 16 Comments »



