#badscience — Public Fediverse posts

Busting the Biggest Myths in Neuroscience | Dr Dean Burnett | Instant Genius podcast

https://youtu.be/JQYtTcNSHak?si=0OBLlCwdJtoO4HN-

Dean Burnett answers quickfire questions about familiar brain myths, for the Instant Genius Podcast

#Brains #Myths #BadScience #Youtube #Podcast

Is science fiction a form of pseudoscience?
#sciencefiction #pseudoscience #crackpots #literature #fiction #badscience

:InDanger: However they also say:

R. A. Carlos recently reported on an alarming five-fold increase in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) on the island of Guam from 2016 to 2022. He reviewed 95 studies and concluded that the increased trend paralleled the widespread exposure of young children to microplastics.

and the citation given is to the abstract of a conference presentation which ACTUALLY says the author reviewed 95 studies for "neurotoxic effects of microplastics on other species, including fish, mice, mollusks, nematodes, crustaceans and chicken" not to find fricken autistic crustaceans but to find neurotoxicity.

But autism definitely isn't neurotoxicity in general, and probably isn't in any specific way.

So what we're left with is an observation of 5x ASD and plastics exposure on Guam. Is it not likely that whatever societal changes increased plastic use to skyrocket 5x also caused other seismic shifts in behaviour and exposure and - dare I guess - autism testing?

#autism #microplastics #nanoplastics #badJournalism #badScience #health #news #GlobeAndMail

@lowqualityfacts @Okanogen Creatine is bullshit. Advertising is definitely not a fediverse feature. #WTF #snakeOil #badScience #malpractice #pseudoScience #woo

Well folks, it seems this page is real:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19/

#COVID #Whitehouse #USPol #Politics #Health #Broken #Science #BadScience #conspiracytheories #Shitty #Government #RFKJr #QAnon #Insanity #Misinformation #Disinformation #News also #Sorry #Halloween #Pumpkin

You’re being lied to about “ultra-processed” foods.

“Vegan fake meats linked to heart disease, early death,” the New York Post declared.

There was just one problem: The narrative was totally fake.

Plant-based meats were virtually absent from the study: Just 0.2 percent of calories across the sample came from meat alternatives. People were eating cookies and cake.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/391795/ultra-processed-foods-science-vegan-meat-rfk-maha

#vegan #processedfood #ultraprocessed #food #foodsafety #sciencejournalism #science #badscience

We've seen what ⁨#EBM⁩ ⁨#EvidenceBasedMedicine⁩ produces;
on #Masking with #TomJefferson⁩ assisted by #Cochrane,
the decades of infectious respiratory disease research that poo-hooed #AirborneTransmission, and,
the RWNJ #CassReport⁩ on care for transgender kids.

Lots of bad stuff resulting from fetishising ⁨#RandomControlledTrials⁩ ⁨#RCTs⁩ as the only research that can be relied on.

Will we hear from Trumpists that there's no RCTs that support action on #ClimateChange?

#BadScience

Been wondering about Masking and the repeated claims that gold standard, random assignment, double blind trials are needed before N95 masks should be issued to healthcare workers.

Anyone seen gold standard, random assignment, double blind trials on skin diving masks?

Or is it ok to rely on physics and engineering in such circumstances?

What's the term for demanding ridiculous sorts of evidence?

#Masking #GoldStandard #CherryPicking #BadScience

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Tauchen1.jpg

#Rocketscience is in the #Bible?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/06/rocket-science-is-in-the-bible/

An engineer named Rob Webb has been inspired by #KenHam to write a book about #space and the Bible. It doesn’t seem to have been written yet — he keeps posting articles on #AiG to tease the book, and he uses the future tense, that the book ‘will include’ stuff that he doesn’t actually explain yet.

#christian #science #atheist #badscience

Exposing the scam of color blindness "correcting" glasses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QQtOv2PlOE
A great documentary that reveal poor science papers, unsubstantiated claims and conflict of interest with the authors. The companies selling them use unethical marketing with undisclosed sponsorships of social media influencers.
#colorblindness #scam #documentary #skepticism #scientificskepticism #badscience #retractionwatch #scamwarning #scamalert #protanomaly #deuteranomaly #tritanomaly #colorglasses #enchroma

Exposing the scam of color blindness "correcting" glasses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QQtOv2PlOE
A great documentary that reveal poor science papers, unsubstantiated claims and conflict of interest with the authors. The companies selling them use unethical marketing with undisclosed sponsorships of social media influencers.
#colorblindness #scam #documentary #skepticism #scientificskepticism #badscience #retractionwatch #scamwarning #scamalert #protanomaly #deuteranomaly #tritanomaly #colorglasses #enchroma

Exposing the scam of color blindness "correcting" glasses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QQtOv2PlOE
A great documentary that reveal poor science papers, unsubstantiated claims and conflict of interest with the authors. The companies selling them use unethical marketing with undisclosed sponsorships of social media influencers.
#colorblindness #scam #documentary #skepticism #scientificskepticism #badscience #retractionwatch #scamwarning #scamalert #protanomaly #deuteranomaly #tritanomaly #colorglasses #enchroma

Exposing the scam of color blindness "correcting" glasses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QQtOv2PlOE
A great documentary that reveal poor science papers, unsubstantiated claims and conflict of interest with the authors. The companies selling them use unethical marketing with undisclosed sponsorships of social media influencers.
#colorblindness #scam #documentary #skepticism #scientificskepticism #badscience #retractionwatch #scamwarning #scamalert #protanomaly #deuteranomaly #tritanomaly #colorglasses #enchroma

Exposing the scam of color blindness "correcting" glasses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QQtOv2PlOE
A great documentary that reveal poor science papers, unsubstantiated claims and conflict of interest with the authors. The companies selling them use unethical marketing with undisclosed sponsorships of social media influencers.
#colorblindness #scam #documentary #skepticism #scientificskepticism #badscience #retractionwatch #scamwarning #scamalert #protanomaly #deuteranomaly #tritanomaly #colorglasses #enchroma

"Scientists on panel defending ultra-processed foods linked to food firms"

A panel briefing which, as the Grauniad helpfully points out, was organised by the RCP/Furedi-cult front known as the Science Media Centre.

Shocked, I tell you. Shocked.

#UPF #BadScience #RCP #Spiked #FurediCult #SMC

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/28/scientists-on-panel-defending-ultra-processed-foods-linked-to-food-firms