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'Natural' versus 'unnatural' MSG
Much as I respect the Truth in Labeling Campaign and similar consumer-led campaigns to remove various additives from food, they are consumer-led rather than science-led, and they do not have a full, s… more →
Plant Poisons and Rotten Stuff - The Blog
'Natural' versus 'unnatural' MSG
Alien Robot Girl wrote 1 year ago: Much as I respect the Truth in Labeling Campaign and similar consumer-led campaigns to remove variou … more →
Atheism and evolution: policy statement
Alien Robot Girl wrote 1 year ago: It is with a sad sort of resignation that I post this knowing that some readers will see the title o … more →
Critical thinking
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Alien Robot Girl wrote 1 year ago: It has long amazed me how poor people’s critical thinking skills can be. I am an advocate of t … more →
Are you an altie?
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Alien Robot Girl wrote 1 year ago: I’m really pleased to discover that I’m not an altie. I answered no to every question ex … more →
Parachutes
Alien Robot Girl wrote 2 years ago: A serious point from an amusing medical review: Only two options exist. The first is that we accept … more →
Zohnerisms and anti-Zohnerisms
Alien Robot Girl wrote 2 years ago: Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every … more →
Media claims anger damages lung function
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Alien Robot Girl wrote 2 years ago: One of the first, most basic rules of science is this: correlation does not equal causation! This li … more →
Argumentum ad populum
Alien Robot Girl wrote 3 years ago: Argumentum ad populum (Latin: “appeal to the people”), in logic, is a fallacious argumen … more →
When an allergy isn't an allergy
Alien Robot Girl wrote 3 years ago: Some time ago I mentioned briefly that the only way to diagnose food allergies correctly is to use s … more →
Who killed science?
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Alien Robot Girl wrote 3 years ago: You may have heard recently the story of Dr Hwang Woo Suk of Seoul National University, South Korea, … more →
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