The SAMJ has published a “study” by Prof Tim Noakes, in which 127 self-reported anecdotes are presented as evidence of the need for a trial.
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Tim Noakes has moved from advocating carbo-loading to suggesting that carbohydrates are an addiction that poses severe health risks. But while his revised recommendations are couched in the language of science, does the science support them?
We don’t know what the World will look like post Covid-19. But the current uncertainty offers an opportunity to think about what we care about, and to focus less on what we don’t – or shouldn’t.
The Journal of Controversial ideas will be launched as a sort of safe-space in response to the “spirit of the times”, where academic activity is arguably constrained by fear.
Pete Evans’ new documentary, The Magic Pill, assembles a cast of low carbohydrate, high fat diet evangelists in order to create the impression that you might be able to cure cancer, autism and other maladies if you eat enough lard.
It’s good to ask questions, but only up until the time that good answers are available. Until those answers fall into question, encouraging hyperskepticism on vaccines is irrational, and immoral.
Some of those who are taken aback at the results of the Brexit referendum and the US Presidential election should consider that how we respond to this rejection of the status quo might have far-reaching consequences.
Fake news is a problem, and it’s one that reveals how gullible and uncritical many human beings are. But the solution to bad speech is still that we allow for more and better speech, rather than deferring our obligation to be critical consumers of information to some external regulator.
On Richard Dawkins being dis-invited from NECSS, and a brief update on the Gareth Cliff case regarding being sacked from Idols on M-Net.
Prof Tim Noakes is endorsing anti-vaxx sentiments again. Or is he? Well, it depends on whether you believe him… or the evidence.