“We Want Them Infected” – My Book is Done!
Prior to the pandemic, the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security ranked the U.S. as the first out of 195 countries on their pandemic preparedness. What went wrong?
Skeptical of the Carnivore Diet
The carnivore diet is the latest fad diet that is particularly pseudoscientific.
Acupuncture Myths
Utilizing an evidence-based approach to evaluate acupuncture myths? Mmmmm. Not so much.
Why antivaxxers reject the concept of scientific consensus as a “manufactured construct”
Neil deGrasse Tyson invoked the concept of a scientific consensus while supporting vaccines in his debate with Del Bigtree. Why was his statement about how "individual scientists don't matter" compared to scientific consensus so triggering to antivaxxers? Why do antivaxxers reject the very concept of a scientific consensus and promote a hyper-individualistic view of how science should be conducted?
A Phony Invitation for “Discussion and Debate”
Phony calls for "discussion and debate" about vaccinating children create the illusion that discussion and debate hasn't already occurred.
Lithium in Tap Water Probably Doesn’t Cause Autism
A recent study found an association between lithium in tap water and a diagnosis of autism in Danish children. Is it time to turn off the tap and grab the bottled water? Not so fast.
TikTok driving chlorophyll supplement fad
#chlorophyll is latest supplement trending on TikTok.
What Is Dopamine Detox?
Just another fad that oversimplifies a complex problem to sell an easy fix.
Science Base Satire: As a Free-Thinker, Everyone Must Conform
As a free-thinker, I find strangers intolerable.
Neil deGrasse Tyson makes the unforced error of “debating” antivax propagandist Del Bigtree on The Highwire
Last week, astrophysicist and famed science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson appeared on The Highwire, an antivax video podcast, to "debate" its host, antivax propagandist Del Bigtree. This incident demonstrates quite well why it is almost never a good idea for a scientist to agree to "debate" science deniers.