what we do know is that neither Jonathan Chait nor Pamela Paul have scientific training of any kind

Jesse Singal either, as far as I can tell, other than his self-taught method of reviewing scientific literature.

Pamela Paul looks like her opinions.

It's always 'You' and 'We' who don't know things with these opinion writers, never 'I'

doesn't pundit smugness count for like 30 PhDs thoughdoesn't pundit smugness count for like 30 PhDs though

need more courage to shut the fuck up columns, imo

Their ignorance is one thing. Their stubborn refusal to learn anything on the topic, despite the wide availability of information and people who could educate them, is quite another.

notice they're not writing about back surgery, or youth soccer and football, or nutrition. of course the world is full of indeterminacy. but only some indeterminacy is weaponized into state coercion.