by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 2, 2017 | Agriculture, GMOs, Pseudoscience, Science
Probiotics Are Useless, GMOs Are Fine, and Gluten Is Necessary The biggest nutrition fads of the last few years have all taken huge blows in the last week. But will anyone listen? Over the last seven days, a roster of myth-busting nutrition studies were published...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 20, 2017 | Pseudoscience, Science, Science Denial
“Ancient Aliens” Is Everything That’s Wrong With America I don’t know if you knew, but the Hebrews didn’t spend forty years in the Sinai after the Exodus because they’d incurred the wrath of God. And they didn’t leave that...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 8, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
Have I said Homeopathy is bullshit? Well, it is. It really is bullshit extraordinaire. Homeopathy – Debunked a real good YouTube video via Rationality...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 16, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience, Science
A recent article in Business Insider is an encouraging sign that skepticism about the supplement industry is starting to go mainstream. The Supplement Con A recent article in Business Insider is an encouraging sign that skepticism about the supplement industry is...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 14, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience, Science Based Medicine
Alternative medicine kills cancer patients Alternative medicine, by definition, consists medicine that either has not been shown to work or has been shown not to work. To paraphrase an old adage yet again, medicine that has been shown to work with an acceptable...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 14, 2017 | Pseudoscience, Science
The Sweeter Things in Life: Debunking the Junk about Splenda – SciBabe I’ve put a lot of stuff in my body in my life (your mind may be in the gutter, but deep breaths). But of all that stuff, not many of those things have caused as much controversy as one...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 14, 2017 | Agriculture, GMOs, Pseudoscience, Science
Farm Babe: The internet’s biggest culprits of fake news in agriculture | AGDAILY Recently, I got a pretty awesome notification from Facebook – they now allow you to report fake news. Fake news has been a very big problem online in all facets of life, but...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 21, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
Great for UK’s NHS! Our FDA now requires labeling that essentially says: “Homeopathy is a waste of money since it doesn’t do shit because there is nothing in it”. I certainly hope there aren’t any insurance companies that pay out for...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 18, 2017 | Critical Thinking, Pseudoscience
Defense of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop offers case study on how to sell snake oil This week, Gwyneth Paltrow’s high-profile lifestyle and e-commerce site, Goop, gave birth to a beautiful gift to the Internet-and it wasn’t a moon-powered vagina egg that...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 8, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Critical Thinking, Pseudoscience
“The very concept of alternative medicine exists to create a double standard where the rules of science and evidence are stood on their head specifically to manufacture the result that is desired by cranks, charlatans, snake-oil salesmen, and self-proclaimed...
