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Daniel Hoffmann🌻<p>Pseudo-science has a long history but the development of multiple layers of beneficiaries may be more recent: quacks publishing <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/pseudoScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoScience</span></a> in for-profit pseudo-journals, &amp; this is turned into newspaper articles. Misinformation-laundering. Good blog post.<br><a href="https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/07/collapse-of-scientific-standards-at.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/07/</span><span class="invisible">collapse-of-scientific-standards-at.html</span></a></p>
Dorothy Bishop<p>Once again, flattered to find Andrew Gelman featuring an old post of mine. This one on a terrible 'study' of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> intervention<br> <a href="https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/08/13/autism-junk-science-the-only-part-of-this-story-that-surprises-me-is-that-the-outside-critic-found-it-hard-to-believe-just-how-flawed-it-turned-out-to-be/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu</span><span class="invisible">/2025/08/13/autism-junk-science-the-only-part-of-this-story-that-surprises-me-is-that-the-outside-critic-found-it-hard-to-believe-just-how-flawed-it-turned-out-to-be/</span></a><br>It's getting to be a big problem that all kinds of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> are getting published, so that their practitioners can point to supposedly peer-reviewed articles in support, though the most basic scientific standards aren't met.</p>
Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦<p>RFK jr “counts on the fact that by the time scientists have unraveled his firehose of false information—his “scienze”—the harm will have been done.”</p><p>Disinformation like RFK Jr’s kills<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/VaccinesWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaccinesWork</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/VaccinesSaveLives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaccinesSaveLives</span></a><br><a href="https://pauloffit.substack.com/p/rfk-jrs-scienze" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pauloffit.substack.com/p/rfk-j</span><span class="invisible">rs-scienze</span></a></p>
Dr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺<p>Sacha Stone built his global online following off antivax &amp; 5G conspiracies - but now he's established himself in the MAGA fringe, his love of Putin, and a 'sovereign micronation' plan are stirring up local fears. Read my new investigation with Alexander Beunder: <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91358928/the-british-conspiracy-guru-building-a-sovereign-micronation-in-appalachia" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fastcompany.com/91358928/the-b</span><span class="invisible">ritish-conspiracy-guru-building-a-sovereign-micronation-in-appalachia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conspiracytheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conspiracytheories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Socialmedia</span></a> hashtag#Influencers <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sovereigncitizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sovereigncitizens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/antivax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antivax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/antivaxxers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antivaxxers</span></a></p>
Bongolian<p>How <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a> Jr. Mastered Fake Science—and Screwed Us in the Process: He’s Making America Great Again—for lethal pathogens.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/antivax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antivax</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/denialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>denialism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mrna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mrna</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a><br><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-kennedy-mrna-vaccines-hhs-funding-canceled" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-kenned</span><span class="invisible">y-mrna-vaccines-hhs-funding-canceled</span></a></p>
Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦<p>“Med beds are fictitious healing beds that can reverse any disease, regenerate limbs, and de-age people and animals, often claimed to be in the possession of militaries all around the world”</p><p>ie. Nonsense<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AlternativeMed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativeMed</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FactsMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactsMatter</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-pseudoscience-technology/med-beds-not-today-maybe-tomorrow" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-</span><span class="invisible">pseudoscience-technology/med-beds-not-today-maybe-tomorrow</span></a></p>
Dr Pink<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> English <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> deletion alert</p><p>Could you save this LGBTQ related <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> Wikipedia article from deletion?</p><p>List of organizations opposing mainstream science<br>* none</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organizations_opposing_mainstream_science" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_</span><span class="invisible">organizations_opposing_mainstream_science</span></a><br>Discussion: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_organizations_opposing_mainstream_science" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedi</span><span class="invisible">a:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_organizations_opposing_mainstream_science</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pseudosciencerelated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pseudosciencerelated</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fringe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fringe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sciencerelated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sciencerelated</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>United States of... Bullshit and Pseudoscience?</p><p>If anyone needed a reminder that US health secretary and fervent anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has no background in science or medicine, look no further than the video he posted on social media Tuesday evening.</p><p>In the two-and-a-half-minute clip, Kennedy announced that he is cancelling nearly $500 million in funding for the development of mRNA-based vaccines against diseases that pose pandemic threats. The funding will be clawed back from 22 now-defunct contracts awarded through the federal agency tasked with developing medical countermeasures to public health threats. The agency is the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).</p><p>Kennedy is generally opposed to vaccines, but he is particularly hostile to mRNA-based vaccines. Since the remarkably successful debut of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic—which were developed and mass-produced with unprecedented speed—Kennedy has continually disparaged and spread misinformation about them."</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/rfk-jr-defends-500m-cut-for-mrna-vaccines-with-pseudoscience-gobbledygook/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/health/2025/08</span><span class="invisible">/rfk-jr-defends-500m-cut-for-mrna-vaccines-with-pseudoscience-gobbledygook/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/RFKjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKjr</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/mRNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mRNA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PseudoScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PseudoScience</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a> Jr. defends $500M cut for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mRNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mRNA</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> with <a href="https://mas.to/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gobbledygook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gobbledygook</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/rfk-jr-defends-500m-cut-for-mrna-vaccines-with-pseudoscience-gobbledygook/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/health/2025/08</span><span class="invisible">/rfk-jr-defends-500m-cut-for-mrna-vaccines-with-pseudoscience-gobbledygook/</span></a></p>
Levka<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a></p><p>"If anyone needed a reminder that US health secretary and fervent anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has no background in science or medicine, look no further than the video he posted on social media Tuesday evening.</p><p>In the two-and-a-half-minute clip, Kennedy announced that he is cancelling nearly $500 million in funding for the development of mRNA-based vaccines against diseases that pose pandemic threats. The funding will be clawed back from 22 now-defunct contracts awarded through the federal agency tasked with developing medical countermeasures to public health threats. The agency is the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).</p><p>Kennedy is generally opposed to vaccines, but he is particularly hostile to mRNA-based vaccines. Since the remarkably successful debut of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic—which were developed and mass-produced with unprecedented speed—Kennedy has continually disparaged and spread misinformation about them.</p><p>In the video on Tuesday, Kennedy continued that trend, erroneously saying that, 'as the pandemic showed us, mRNA vaccines don't perform well against viruses that infect the upper respiratory tract.' In reality, COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have saved more than 3 million lives in the US in just the first two years of the pandemic and additionally prevented more than 18 million hospitalizations in the US in that time. Nearly all COVID-19 vaccines used in the US are mRNA-based.</p><p>However, Kennedy's video only went more off the rails from there. He continued on with this nonsensical explanation:"</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/rfk-jr-defends-500m-cut-for-mrna-vaccines-with-pseudoscience-gobbledygook/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/health/2025/08</span><span class="invisible">/rfk-jr-defends-500m-cut-for-mrna-vaccines-with-pseudoscience-gobbledygook/</span></a></p>
Matt Hodgkinson<p>vibe physics</p><p>Angela Collier tears into billionaires and tech bros who think they can push the boundaries of physics by prompting a sycophantic language model.<br> <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=-AMxQgiyNgoZjQsC&amp;v=TMoz3gSXBcY&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?si=-AMxQgi</span><span class="invisible">yNgoZjQsC&amp;v=TMoz3gSXBcY&amp;feature=youtu.be</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ChatBots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatBots</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/VibePhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VibePhysics</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AngelaCollier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AngelaCollier</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PseudoPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PseudoPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AntiIntellectualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiIntellectualism</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AItools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AItools</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AIscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIscience</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PodcastBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PodcastBrain</span></a></p>
Lupposofi<p>Sven Hansson has revised his SEP-entry on Science and Pseudoscience, <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pseudo-science/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/entries/pse</span><span class="invisible">udo-science/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/sep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sep</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/definition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>definition</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/tiede" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiede</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/filosofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filosofia</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/scienceDenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scienceDenial</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/skepticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skepticism</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/demarcation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demarcation</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epistemology</span></a></p>
Adrian Segar<p>It feels surreal to receive an official Medicare.gov email today from Dr. Oz, the new CMS administrator, who:</p><p>• says hydroxychloroquine can be used to treat <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a><br>• earned $50 million for endorsing an MLM dietary supplement pyramid scheme<br>• says rising CO₂ "is not the problem" causing climate change, and<br>• wants the Affordable Care Act repealed.</p><p>Receipts: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Oz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Oz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a></p>
ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ<p>The IEEE Has a Pseudoscience Problem<br><a href="https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/ieee-has-pseudoscience-problem.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/</span><span class="invisible">ieee-has-pseudoscience-problem.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/woowoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>woowoo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullshit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quackery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quackery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IEEE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IEEE</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>The Life and Extraordinary History of the Chevalier John Taylor: The Eye Surgeon Who Robbed You Blind</p><p>John Taylor was eye surgeon to Kings, Popes and Emperors and never failed; he also blinded hundreds of patients, including the composers Handel and Bach</p><p><a href="https://flashbak.com/the-life-and-extraordinary-history-of-the-chevalier-john-taylor-the-eye-surgeon-who-robbed-you-blind-477098/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-life-and-extraordinary-history-of-the-chevalier-john-taylor-the-eye-surgeon-who-robbed-you-blind" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flashbak.com/the-life-and-extr</span><span class="invisible">aordinary-history-of-the-chevalier-john-taylor-the-eye-surgeon-who-robbed-you-blind-477098/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-life-and-extraordinary-history-of-the-chevalier-john-taylor-the-eye-surgeon-who-robbed-you-blind</span></a></p><p>About The Taylor Dynasty:<br><a href="https://histoph.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Taylor-Dynasty.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">histoph.com/wp-content/uploads</span><span class="invisible">/2015/07/Taylor-Dynasty.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ophthalmology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ophthalmology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a></p>
Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦<p>“Why doesn’t every wild animal that eats meat suffer from the chronic diseases modern humans face?” Maybe because the lion avoids the stress of having to listen to pseudo-scientific babble about diets by sleeping twenty hours a day.”<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nutrition</span></a><br><a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/science-shows-carnivore-diet-best-left-lions" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical</span><span class="invisible">-thinking-health-and-nutrition/science-shows-carnivore-diet-best-left-lions</span></a></p>
wendivibe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@lowqualityfacts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lowqualityfacts</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Okanogen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Okanogen</span></a></span> Creatine is bullshit. Advertising is definitely not a fediverse feature. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WTF</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/snakeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snakeOil</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/badScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badScience</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/malpractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malpractice</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/pseudoScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoScience</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/woo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>woo</span></a></p>
Björn Brembs<p>Anti-science weaving its way through the US government.<br>Idiocracy in the making, for everyone on the globe to see. </p><p>“the NIH will no longer seek proposals exclusively for animal models." (2:48).<br>Instead, AI will find the drugs for us.</p><p><a href="https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-meetings-conferences-and-workshops/fda-nih-workshop-reducing-animal-testing-07072025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fda.gov/news-events/fda-meetin</span><span class="invisible">gs-conferences-and-workshops/fda-nih-workshop-reducing-animal-testing-07072025</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Björn Brembs<p>More anti-science at the US funding agencies.</p><p>“the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> will no longer seek proposals exclusively for animal models." <br>Slide at 2:48 (NIH section starting at 2:38).</p><p><a href="https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-meetings-conferences-and-workshops/fda-nih-workshop-reducing-animal-testing-07072025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fda.gov/news-events/fda-meetin</span><span class="invisible">gs-conferences-and-workshops/fda-nih-workshop-reducing-animal-testing-07072025</span></a></p><p>Apparently, hallucinating AIs will be sufficient for finding the next drugs, no animal tests necessary. Given the history of human testing in the US, I think it's quite clear which populations will get the newly discovered drugs first...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Scott Pfitzinger<p>In 1995, Carl Sagan introduced the concept of a "Baloney Detection Kit." This consisted of 8 tools and techniques for critical thinking and evaluating claims. Full quote at the link below.</p><p>Even back then, he saw our culture sliding back into pseudoscience and superstition.</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2016/04/carl-sagan-presents-his-baloney-detection-kit-8-tools-for-skeptical-thinking.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openculture.com/2016/04/carl-s</span><span class="invisible">agan-presents-his-baloney-detection-kit-8-tools-for-skeptical-thinking.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CarlSagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarlSagan</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/baloney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>baloney</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a></p>