New Anthropocene
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There’s consensus and then there’s consensus: Climate “Sceptics” Just Don’t Get It
Every single time researchers go to the otherwise wasted effort of reviewing the standing position of climate research in relation to anthropogenic climate change (for, in what other field of science do scientists undertake such analyses?), we hear the same backlash from the committed sceptics. In fact, looking at the dismissal charges of conservative columnists … Continue reading
Portland Votes for Dark Age Myth: An illustration of the potency of anti-science in the modern “enlightened” world
I’ve had a couple comments to update me on the results of the Portland debate over water fluoridation. The vote stood at no 69,303 (61%); yes 44,946 (39%) with the fluoridation proponents conceding. In reality, I don’t care too much. A society can decide what measures of healthcare they want or don’t want, provided the … Continue reading
Dead-Head Denialism: Challenging “Sceptics” of Climate Change to Fluoridation is Zombie Warfare
It has been a while since I’ve commented on much in the way of climate science and the denial movement. Although aware of the recent noise regarding the supposed “proof” of the unfounded “scare” regarding anthropogenic climate change, citing Otto et al (2013) or foaming bile in reply to the Cook et al (2013) study illustrating … Continue reading
Rinehart’s Bleeding Heart Over Her Poor Business Model
Gina Rinehart has produced a poor-hard-done-by video, which screams hypocrisy, hypobolic, guilt by association and “poising the well” arguments as much as stupidity. It is mind-boggling that she can whine about the tax placed on profiteering on common goods, but then to state that “without mining and mining related industries, this country has no hope of repaying … Continue reading
The National Institutes of Health funded study found no relation between tooth decay and the amount of fluoride ingested by children
The following is a new argument under my Anti-Fluoridation Arguments page above. Firstly, key points from the NIH website page on fluoridation facts; Fluoride in water helps to prevent and can even reverse tooth decay. More than 60 percent of the U.S. population has access to fluoridated water through public water supply systems. The optimal level of … Continue reading
How Not to Argue in Favour of Environments: Water Fluoridation in Portland
It is disappointing to see that at least a subgroup of the well-known Sierra Club have fallen in with misinformation. Whilst doing a little research for my previous article on osteosarcoma rates in relation to water fluoridation in Australia, I stumbled upon the following article; Sierra Club Opposes Portland Water Fluoridation Measure 26-151, on the … Continue reading
Abbott’s free ride comes to an end
A brilliant read over at The Drum; By Mungo Maccallum. “The mere fact that Tony Abbott isn’t Julia Gillard has propelled him thus far, but as the prospect of him becoming prime minister increases, so too does the scrutiny, writes Mungo MacCallum. Tony Abbott’s free ride is finally coming to an end, paradoxically because of … Continue reading
Osteosarcoma Rates in Australia: Is Fluoridation Doing Us Harm?
Prior to this article, I must include an increasingly common disclaimer. I do so because my experiences thus far with the anti-fluoridation crusaders has taught me two things; 1) such individuals are quick to assume secret agenda, and, 2) their blinkers are set to a hair-trigger in the face of alternative and more robust theories … Continue reading
How the Enlightenment Has, So Far, Let Us Down
As a child, learning of the Enlightenment, I came to think of it as a revolution. To me, I saw it as a point where our species finally developed a critical tool kit, leading us to empirical evidence and thus a solid basis for understanding. I saw it as a turning point from ancient unfounded … Continue reading
