Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
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
Yes that headline is real, but before we get into it, I first have a few thoughts. In normal times you might occasionally come across something that motivates you to go WTF! or similar. These days are not normal times, and so such encounters are sadly becoming not just daily but almost hourly now. I … Read more
For the short answer, the TL;DR; version, the answer is potentially yes, but don’t panic … yet. COVID is now thankfully under control due to our ability to rapidly create and distribute vaccines that worked very well. It caught many by surprise because it rapidly emerged and spread, and so people are now appropriately conscious … Read more
OK, let’s start with the quick TL;DR; version – No, RFK Jnr is wrong about vaccine skepticism, he is a crackpot. I really should not need to publish any of this … but hey, for what are obvious reasons, here we are. RFK Jnr has long deep dark history of promoting utterly absurd non-scientific BS. … Read more
I better open by making you aware of where this is going – I’m very pro-vaccine. I’m pulling together an insight using two sources. The first comes via a CDC report released on Aug 8 and titled “Health and Economic Benefits of Routine Childhood Immunizations in the Era of the Vaccines for Children Program — … Read more
Let’s make something clear up front, this article is not actually about Parachutes. There is something far more serious coming up, so stick with me here. I will however say that the parachute study is quite real. Within the British Medical Journal there is research paper titled “Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma … Read more