Misc.

This page contains posts on topics that did not clearly fit into one of the other categories.

• 4 meaningless words: toxin, natural, organic, and GMO
• 5 simple chemistry facts that everyone should understand before talking about science
• 6 major problems with a flat earth
• 8 lessons that MythBusters taught us about science and skepticism
• 7 easy ways to lose a debate
• Anti-vaccers, climate change deniers, and anti-GMO activists are all the same
• Are scientists arrogant, close-minded, and dismissive?
• Does Splenda cause cancer? A lesson in how to critically read scientific papers
• Don’t mistake an assumption for a fact
• Don’t tell people to “Google it.” That’s your job, not theirs
• I used to be a science denier: My journey from pseudoscience to skepticism
• In defense of skeptical blogs/Facebook pages
• Facts aren’t political (or religious)
• Falling branches: the illusion of miraculous divine intervention
• Parents often don’t know what is best
• No one thought that Galileo was crazy, and everyone in Columbus’s day knew that the earth was round
• Science matters because it works
• Scientists aren’t stupid, and science deniers are arrogant
• Silencing opinions vs. managing misinformation: Do skeptics suppress opposing viewpoints?
• Supporting science isn’t the same as supporting big business
• The concept of a “chemical-free lifestyle” is absurd
• The existence of real conspiracies does not justify conspiracy theories
• The logical paradox of ghost hunting
• The image that took me two months to obtain: A window into what it is like to do research
• Understanding the reported risks of medicines, foods, toxic chemicals, etc.
• Was Charles Darwin An Atheist?
• What does it mean to be a skeptic?
• What is a species?
• Winning the war with the “Food Babe Army”
• You’re probably wrong