Chemophobia tends to really irritate me. Such as when people avoid products because of perfectly good ingredients which happen to be marked with a number.
Tag: skepticism
Science inoculation | Day 255
How to inoculate people against pseudoscience? Teach them logical fallacies, says John Cook. It’s like a weaker version of nonsense.
Natural GMO – sweet potatoes | Day 254
We already know GMO foods are nothing to be afraid of, health-wise. Nature makes them herself – all sweet potatoes are genetically modified.
Capsicum genders: The nonsense one finds on Facebook | 241
There are pages whose content you should not share because they are pits of pseudoscience. But some things, like the gender of capsicums, can be trickier.