Michael O’Hare over at the Reality Based Community has a very interesting analysis of why, even though talking on a cell phone while driving is seriously dangerous, when people stopped talking through their hand held instruments in favor of blue tooth and the like, the accident rate did not go down.

I slightly revised this second part of the WACCO list discussion to try and provide more clarity, but the arguments have not been changed (though I added one paragraph to develop a thought more.) This post argues against the adequacy of scientific standards for knowledge as such. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,…

Two weeks ago I got involved in a discussion with two local and very sharp “skeptics,” Mark and Paul, concerning science and religion.  The exchange took place in the Wacco Bulletin Board, a wonderful local online communication media for Sonoma and Marin Counties here in California.  An online discussion  had gotten started on science and…

Huffington Post writes that a major scientific journal, the International Journal of Biological Sciences is reporting cases of organ failure in rats fed any of three varieties of Monsanto’s GMO corn.    The original article can be found here.

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