Some people believe in magic. In Science Left Behind, in the process of debunking claims that one American political party is overwhelmingly pro-science and one is anti-science, we put a handy chart on page 213 itemizing the various anti-science positions of registered voters. Sure, evolution and climate change was higher on one side but the list of anti-science beliefs by the other...
read moreSo Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola both introduced new ad campaigns. Pepsi went the traditional route (i.e. boring) once again and signed another fit superstar to sing about how awesome their soda is. Thanks, Beyoncé, it's all been done, but I am thrilled you got $50 million to endorse it. Credit and link: GQ MagazineCoke did something really weird, for being supposedly an evil,...
read moreTwo weeks ago I got a call inviting me to attend one of the inauguration balls for President Obama. But it wasn't to be held in Washington, D.C. it was in Texas.Texas? you might think, but aren't Democrats irrelevant in Texas, almost as irrelevant as Republicans are in California? read...
read morePsychiatrist Dr. Eric Hollander says the hygiene hypothesis - the idea that by eliminating some harmful organisms we are weakening our immune systems - may be a reason to study the use of ingesting the eggs of parasitic worms to treat autism.He gets to jump on a few hot button cultural topics that way, autism and a medical idea that has caught on with the usual anti-science hippies and the...
read more"Believe it or not—and I suspect most readers will not—there's a liberal war on science. Say what?"So begins famed skeptic Michael Shermer's review of "Science Left Behind" in his Scientific American column this month. Now, in the book, I make it pretty clear that liberals are not the problem, progressives are, but a baffling number of people on the left seek to use the terms...
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