The nutrition and food news today, including radio, TV, blogs, is full of stories decrying the consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods – UPFs. Normally I would give a series of links to the latest headlines but I doubt anyone could have missed them – they have been ubiquitous.
Modern Scientific Controversies: The War on Food: Part 1
Modern Scientific Controversies: The War on Food: Part 1
04 Jan 2025 1 Comment
in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: Anti-Science left, food safety
The Anti-Science left
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Finally sanity on GE
13 Aug 2024 Leave a comment
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Judith Collins announced: The Government is ending New Zealand’s nearly 30-year ban on gene technology outside the lab in a move which will bring health, productivity and climate gains for New Zealanders. Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins today announced legislation ending the ban and implementing a dedicated regulator to oversee applications to use […]
Finally sanity on GE
Censorship in science: a compilation of references
25 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of education Tags: Anti-Science left, conjecture and refutation, free speech, philosophy of science, political correctness, regressive left

If you’re interested in STEM subjects, it’s salubrious to follow the Heterodox STEM Substack site, where you’ll see takes on science that are sufficiently heterodox that they’d be hard to publish in regular journals. Also, there are useful summaries of the literature, including as this one on scientific censorship published today by Anna Krylov and […]
Censorship in science: a compilation of references
Science denial
10 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
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Speaking of the anti-science left
13 Mar 2022 Leave a comment
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Anti-science left
16 Feb 2022 Leave a comment
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Lost on the Woke
09 Nov 2021 Leave a comment
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#GMOs
24 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
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Anti-science left @Greens @NZGreens @AOC @BernieSanders @GreenpeaceAP
20 Dec 2020 Leave a comment
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Anti-science @Greenpeace @Greens @NZGreens
27 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
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Anti-science @Greenpeace @NZGreens @Greens @AOC @BernieSanders
26 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
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