On E-mails, Ethics, and FOIA
Controversy surrounding e-mails from scientists are sweeping across the Facebook pages of those following the GMO debate. One of our regular contributors, Richard Green, adds his perspective to the issue. Are you interested in writing about a science related topic? Then…
Vaccine consensus, where to find it?
In this piece Richard Green, a past contributor to the blog, looks for the consensus on vaccine safety. Are you interested in writing about a science related topic? Then check out our information on becoming a guest writer. I’ve gone down…
Myth: UN calls for small-scale organic farming
Iida Ruishalme holds a M.Sc. in Biology from Sweden, has work experience from environmental chemistry, diabetes research, and pharmaceutical bio-bank labs. She lives in Switzerland where she writes both fiction and science. You can follow her at the blog Thoughtscapism….
Smallpox, Vaccination, and the Founding Fathers
Please welcome Dr. Leni Sorensen as our latest guest writer. She is a food historian and has also been the African American Research Historian at the International Center for Jefferson Studies (ICJS) at Monticello. In this article Leni explores the…
Nassim Taleb’s False Dichotomy of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Farming With Respect to GMOs
Stuart Hayashi has returned to the blog with a treatise on Nassim Taleb’s precautionary principle working paper. Stuart is a freelance writer based in Hawaii. He is the author of The Freedom of Peaceful Action: On the Origin of Individual…
Dr. Mark Hyman Misses the Mark on Autism
Skepti-Forum moderator PennyLane Hadley and Skepti-Forum blog contributor Robert Sacerich join forces to show how wrong Dr. Hyman is on Autism. This article was originally published at Rationality Unleashed! PennyLane also runs several other evidence based on-line forums: Healthy Skepticism, Parents…
Quantum Woo Theory: How Photons AND Coins Gain Consciousness
Quantum, Please welcome our new guest writer Sadri Hassani. He is a professor emeritus of the Illinois State University’s Physics Department. Professor Hassani is especially focused on how some people use the weirdness of Quantum Theory to promote pseudoscience. Follow…
The missing context in the “Mathematical” argument against GMOs
Our new guest writer Stuart Hayashi examines a basic flaw with the idea that math coupled with the use of the precautionary principle argues for the danger of GMOs. Stuart is a freelance writer based in Hawaii. He is the…
What is Pro-GMO?
Richard Green returns to the our blog with an essay on the meaning of Pro-GMO. By default it is used to describe folks opposing the Anti-GMO movement, but does it really apply? Are you interested in writing about a science related…
The GMO Rogues Gallery
Skepti-Forum members Richard Green and Marc Brazeau have brought together prominent critics of genetically engineered crops to quickly highlight how these pillars of the anti-GMO movement all seem to have feet of clay. Are you interested in writing about a…
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