Tag Archives: pseudoscience

Scientist or Science

Science is not a group that scientists join. It is not a club with rules of admission. Science is a way of figuring out the world. It is a method of investigation, a set of rules for determining what the … Continue reading

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Going to Pseudoscience Class

If you wanted to teach that the world was created in seven days in a public school classroom all you would have to do is ask the schools to teach it and provide them with the ‘educational’ materials to present. It’s win-win, … Continue reading

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Debate Cannot Change Reality

Ages ago, before my time, a dedicated scientist named Ancel Keys supposed that the explosion of white middle aged men who were suffering from heart disease and dying of heart attacks were doing so because they ate too much saturated … Continue reading

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Multiple Themes

This morning I read on Nina Teicholz’s book website, “TheBigFat Surprise.com”, a complete blow-by-blow takedown of the advice that Doctor Dean Ornish put forth in his New York Times op-ed from about a month ago. At that time I had written … Continue reading

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Muddy Waters

When an octopus wants to avoid a predator it blasts out a screen of ink and darts of at high speed. When an industry wants to keep its gravy train on the rails it does a form of the same … Continue reading

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Big Fat Surprise

I just ordered a new book from Amazon for my Kindle Reader, “The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet“. It is written by investigative reporter, Nina Teicholz and I understand from reading a … Continue reading

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Pseudo-Science, Defined

There is science and the scientific method, and then there is pseudo-science. It can be difficult to tell the difference, but once you know about the scientific method it becomes much easier to tell them apart. From Wikipedia: The chief … Continue reading

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