Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
I really did not expect there to be a need to write this in 2026, but here we are: please do not be seduced by the claim that drinking raw milk is a health upgrade. I understand why the argument sounds attractive. Raw milk is marketed as natural, old-fashioned, nutrient-rich and less processed. In an … Read more
Humans are emotional, fallible, and prone to mistakes when tired, rushed, or overloaded. AI is just a machine. It does not get sleepy, flustered, or distracted, and in theory it can draw on a vast body of medical knowledge in seconds. So why not let AI replace doctors, or at least help guide patients directly? … Read more
We will get into the details of the latest NIH Pandemic policy and the 8 reasons why it is so utterly batshit crazy shortly. What is inevitable is that at some point there will be another Pandemic. We don’t know when and we don’t know how lethal. All we know is that at some point … Read more
An old one-liner runs like this … I don’t plan to be immortal because of what I wrote or did, but instead simply by continuing to live on in my apartment. So far its all going according to plan. Ageing is of course inevitable, and that’s perhaps what makes the one-liner funny. How it pans … Read more
So what has the newly installed Secretary of Health and Human Services been up to? If only the answer to that was dull and boring, but alas as a renowned anti-vaccine and whacky conspiracy theorist, that is unfortunately not the case. “wild whacky stuff” is really not what anybody ever wants to hear from the … Read more
As we age our cognitive abilities may become impacted. Our ability to remember, to think, and to reason may decline and worsen over time. The word “Dementia” describes symptoms such as the following … This can lead to personality changes, depression, anxiety, and more. In most cases the root cause is not reversible, and so … Read more