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Why Does Science Say Everything Will Kill You?
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Why Does Science Say Everything Will Kill You?

Everything, Science says, will kill you or ill you. Or cure you. Last week I gave readers homework to go to scholar.google.com and type in "X 'reduces' risk" (or 'increases')…
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Science Says Chocolate Will Kill You & Cure You: So Will Everything Else
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Science Says Chocolate Will Kill You & Cure You: So Will Everything Else

I am moving the Class, which is rather specialized, to the end of the week. Credentialists are having a fit over the new regime whacking grant overhead and making other…
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Magnetically Created Lesions In The Brain & Telekinetic Movement Of M&Ms
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Magnetically Created Lesions In The Brain & Telekinetic Movement Of M&Ms

Stick with me today, my friends. There is an important lesson buried in the madness, with a wider application than is at first apparent. A reader asked me to look…
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Butter Bad, Seed Oils Good, Says New Study
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Butter Bad, Seed Oils Good, Says New Study

Today a paper which proves my contention that governments ought to get out of the grant-making business. The "study" was funded by NIH, and conducted by "top" scientists at Harvard.…
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“Climate Change” Is Making People Live Longer!
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“Climate Change” Is Making People Live Longer!

Here's the panicky headline: "Long periods of extreme heat can accelerate biological age, scientists say". Longer periods of extreme heat has been found to accelerate biological age in older adults…
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Time To End Bad Science Like This
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Time To End Bad Science Like This

I remind you, yet again, that all models only say what they are told to say. A bland truism. Unless you forget it. Let's now look at two "climate change"…
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Trump Slashing The Cancerous “The Science” Bloat: Cut Cut Cut!
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Trump Slashing The Cancerous “The Science” Bloat: Cut Cut Cut!

My joy is great. And growing: I responded on Twitter (follow me): "You might not know it, but this is a MAJOR VICTORY of outstanding proportions. Overhead is what fed…
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Lady Lawyers Become — Gasp! — Science Deniers
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Lady Lawyers Become — Gasp! — Science Deniers

Two ladies, both involved in legal academia, have written an astonishing paper in the Journal of Criminology. They insist lawyers for the defense should be called "guilt deniers", and that…
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