by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 17, 2022 | Critical Thinking, Loons, Pseudoscience, Science
‘A Menace to Public Health’: Doctors Demand Spotify Puts an End to Covid Lies on ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ As an infectious disease epidemiologist and research fellow at Boston’s Children’s Hospital who debunks health misinformation on...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 29, 2021 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience, Scams, What I'm Reading
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/edzard-ernst-tackles-chiropractic/...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 23, 2021 | Health, Multi Level Marketing, Pseudoscience, Skepticism
Are Velovita Snaps Worth Spending Your Money On? I was recently alerted to a new vital TikTok weight loss trend *sigh* called ‘snaps.’ Made by an MLM company called Velovita, snaps are little packets of serums that promise to do things like ‘clear...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 5, 2021 | Pseudoscience, Right Wing Lunacy, Science, Science Based Medicine
NFL QB Aaron Rodgers chose homeopathy over vaccines, catches COVID Sometimes my blog posts write themselves. NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers decided to forgo COVID-19 vaccines and chose homeopathy to build antibodies against it. As you can predict, he tested positive...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 12, 2021 | Looking @ Woo, Pseudoscience
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-10-12/homeopathy-doesn-t-work-so-why-do-so-many-germans-believe-in-it...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 17, 2021 | Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking, Pseudoscience, Skepticism
The Doctor Carl Sagan Warned Us About Predictions made by psychics and astrologers tend to quickly fade from memory because of how wrong they often turn out to be, but one prediction made by Carl Sagan, an astrophysicist and famous science communicator, is so...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 17, 2020 | Pseudoscience
I am thinking of a career change. I think I can make more money as a psychic. I checked and I could call myself “The New England Medium” but I think it would be more truthful to call myself “The New England Extra Large”. As soon as I land a Discovery Channel TV show...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 26, 2020 | Astrology, Skepticism
There was a time in my life where I gave some credibility to Astrology but I think by the time I was in my 30s any faith I may have had in it was gone. Last night with an open mind I engaged conversation with a brilliant and charming sincere believer in astrology and...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 25, 2020 | • Politics, Behavior, Coronavirus, Critical Thinking, Partisan Idiocy, Pseudoscience, Psychology, Reason & Rational Thinking, Right Wing Lunacy
The 7 traits of conspiratorial thinking Science misinformation and conspiracy theories have surged during coronavirus. This guide can help you identify...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 9, 2020 | Coronavirus, Pseudoscience, Science
Where did the idea that the Coivd-19 Coronavirus crisis was created by the proliferation of 5G? I don’t know but I have to dig into that conspiracy theory. The 5G Health Hazard That Isn’t How one scientist and his inaccurate chart led to unwarranted fears...
