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Thunderf00t debunks ‘Fukushima “Death Cloud” Kills hundreds on US Warship’
January 4, 2014 — xanthippaThe Carl Sagan quote is worth repeating:
‘We live in a society which is absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear prescription for disaster.
American Academy of Pediatrics attacks raw milk
December 30, 2013 — xanthippaSurprise, surprise: yet another enemy of real food attacks the traditional diet…
What is interesting in this article (and makes it worth reading) is this bit:
In 2009, former editor–in–chief of the New England Journal of Medicine Marcia Angell admitted that the “evidence-based” studies published in her former publication and most other “scientific” journals are totally unreliable:
“It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.”
In her bombshell article, Drug Companies and Doctors: A Story of Corruption, she documents how doctors and scientists are bought and paid for by Big Pharma.
“Clinical trials are also biased through designs for research that are chosen to yield favorable results for sponsors,” she writes.
Yet more evidence pouring in that ‘peer-review’ is more of a ‘pal-review’…
For a deeply insightful commentary on the state of science today, see CodeSlinger’s comment here.
Why do people laugh at creationists? (part 40)
November 29, 2013 — xanthippaThunderf00t at his best:
Thorium Powered Car, Drive 100 yrs on 8 grams of fuel!
November 15, 2013 — xanthippaThere is no such thing as a ‘free lunch’!
Now, don’t get me wrong – Thorium is awesome. Just that if something sounds too good to be true, you should get your BS detector out. As Bill Nye The Science Guy (who recently had a cameo on The Big Bang Theory) says: extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof!
The latest fun conspiracy theory
October 11, 2013 — xanthippaI love conspiracy theories: true or false, there is just something fun about them.
And, I love the F1 – have ever since I was a little kid.
Plus I am a huge fan of Sebastian Vettel – after all, he looks so similar to my older son!
Red Bull with vodka – yum…
So, when all four of these things are rolled into one – entertainment ensues:
‘Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel is quick. Too quick. The three-time Formula 1 champion dominated the Singapore Grand Prix, leaving his closest competitor 32.6 seconds behind as he took his eighth win of the season.’
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‘That’s where the engineering conspiracy theories begin.
The leading speculation, posited by Racecar Engineering, is that Red Bull has managed to link the suspension in Vettel’s RB9 to the hybrid Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) onboard. KERS has been around for a few years and gives drivers a power boost in short bursts, and because it’s an electric motor, the torque output can be tweaked on-the-fly — just like a traditional traction control system.’
Oh, the intricacies of engineering miracles…
This weekend’s race in Tokyo, I’ll be not just watching but also listening!
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