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Advocacy Research: How Serious Is The Problem?

Advocacy Research: How Serious Is The Problem?

Feb 27 2016 | comment(s)

A decade ago, the media perception was that the only "advocacy" research (science-y sounding stuff out to achieve a cultural goal) was small groups getting a little bit of money to deny things like global warming. In reality, the public knew better, and that scientization of politics had been going on ever since government started to take over science funding.
What Munchies? Marijuana Users Are Likely To Be Thinner

What Munchies? Marijuana Users Are Likely To Be Thinner

Feb 19 2016 | comment(s)

A running meme throughout most of my life - and I came of age in the late 1960s and '70s, when pot was all the rage - is that people get stoned, then they get hungry. Any number of media portrayals showed it, and still do now. No surprise, marijuana is the most commonly used non-legal drug in America, so references to it resonate with a lot of people. And the munchies after smoking it do as well.

Inference: You should probably get fat if you continue to smoke marijuana into old age.
A Conservative Argument For Genetic Modification Of Embryos

A Conservative Argument For Genetic Modification Of Embryos

Feb 03 2016 | comment(s)

I have often argued that the pro-life movement has a disconnect about actual life when it comes to science. I don't mean about the health issues of abortion or birth control, I mean about saving babies using science. They seem to think science should only help after a baby is born, exactly the opposite of the argument they make about the beginning of life during abortion debates.
Journal Publishing Seralini Paper Claiming GMO Toxicity Disappears Faster Than His Career

Journal Publishing Seralini Paper Claiming GMO Toxicity Disappears Faster Than His Career

Jan 27 2016 | comment(s)

How do you know the paper claiming GMO toxicity is in a journal that isn't very reputable? They don't have $9 to renew their domain.

"It Was Not Designed As A Science Experiment" - Seralini Speaks Some Truth

Jan 26 2016 | comment(s)

Schedule press event first, create study second. Dr. Gilles-Eric Seralini, the go-to researcher for Big Organic marketing groups and the partisan media enablers (SourceWatch, US Right To Know, Mother Jones) they fund, finally wrote something accurate in a paper - "it was not designed as a scientific experiment", even though the Deniers For Hire on his side claim it was just that.
X-Files 2016: 5 Episodes To Watch First

X-Files 2016: 5 Episodes To Watch First

Jan 24 2016 | comment(s)

"The X-Files" resumes tonight and if, like me, you might give it a try, here are 5 good episodes to watch in advance. 

I was able to sort through a lot of shows thanks to a blizzard in New York City, which kept me inside and was not accompanied by losing electricity. My non-loss is your gain.