Beef is Killing the Planet…and Elvis is Riding a Rainbow-Belching Unicorn
My Twitter feed just exploded. Yet another study has been released claiming that if we all just gave up beef, the planet would be saved, Elvis would come back from the dead, and rainbow-belching...
View ArticleVegetarians May Preach – But We’re Not All Members of the Choir
The suggestion that we should eat less meat in order to save the planet pops up with monotonous regularity in my twitter feed. Interestingly, those who make this claim are almost always vegetarian,...
View ArticleWould Being Vegan Really Solve Climate Change? Not if We Don’t Kill the Cows.
A friend of mine drew my attention to this NPR blogger, who makes the point that being “good” isn’t zero sum (a situation where what is gained by one side or cause, is lost by another). If you’re...
View ArticleHyperbole, Hysteria, and a Sample Size of One – Where’s the Science?
I often describe this blog as a place where I write about things that irritate me. Today, is a case in point. There’s a new princess of technology paranoia on the block: move over Jenny McCarthy,...
View ArticleOne In Five Children Who Contract Diphtheria Die – Are Anti-Vaccination...
I had the pleasure of speaking in the plenary session at the 2014 AAVLD/USAHA Annual Meeting this week, where, among other topics, we discussed risk. One of the other panelists made the best point that...
View ArticleGot Ebola? Just Take Some Vitamin C.
It appears that the lunatics are taking over the asylum. This is another post about “things that irritate me” – just a short rant this time about bad science and fear-mongering. The current irritant is...
View ArticleIs It Time We Stopped Shouting About The Dietary Guidelines?
The recent report by the advisory committee to the USDA dietary guidelines has certainly caused a media stir in the past week or so. There’s a lot of nutritional common sense in the report – eat more...
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