Category Archives: ethics
The paleodiet won’t cure you, hunter gatherers died of cancer too.
Prof. Alice Roberts writes in The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being (Amazon, iTunes): …recent changes in our digestive physiology mean that the whole idea of a ‘paleodiet’, purportedly healthier because it recreates the diet we evolved to eat as hunter-gatherers, is … Continue reading
Universal Medicine cult wins Lismore Chamber of Commerce’s People’s Choice Award
Upon learning that the Universal Medicine cult recently won the Lismore Chamber of Commerce’s People’s Choice Award, I wondered whether it was as a result of vote spamming, as they have a prior form for that. So I wrote to … Continue reading
Facebook, hate speech and child abuse
Warning: I felt nauseous and cried putting together some of this material. First, let’s review Facebook’s definitions of violence and hate speech: I’d like to know how the below comment, on Meryl’s links to Big Oil and Big Pharma (she sells … Continue reading
Vox FM: Voice of the anti-vaxxers, not the voice of the Illawarra
I wrote the following on the Vox FM Facebook page: Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but not all opinions are equally valid, and I’m surprised to hear you ran the misleading and dangerous views of Meryl Dorey. Perhaps you should consider … Continue reading
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