“Science” is being turned into a political weapon. Not the scientific method, but the reified “science” of scientism, exemplified by the politically-motivated March For Science, the politically-biased peer review process, the politically-charged infotainment from political hacks like Bill Nye, and the politically-appointed scientific regulators who always put their corporate interests and political worldview ahead of Read More…
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Manufacturing Consent in Science: the Diabolical Twist
Science plays a larger and larger role in running the world. But much of it is misleading science, slanted, cooked, biased, stepped on, false, and invented out of thin air.” ~The Underground, Jon Rappoport In the famous 1988 Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman book, Manufacturing Consent, the authors explore how media distort the news and employ propaganda, Read More…
New Study Finds Placebo Effective Even When Patients Are Aware Of It
On October 16th, a study was released by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Frustrating to the avid researchers, the official data does not appear to have been publicly posted yet, but the study is but one of the many efforts conducted in a partnership between BIDMC and Harvard, through their “Program in Placebo Studies & Read More…
FOIA Investigation Unearths Documents Showing How The FDA Manipulates Media & Science Press
Corporate deception lies at the heart of modern society. People look up to government organizations to protect them from wrongful doings without realizing that corporations have long since stolen their allegiance to the public’s wellbeing. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for instance, has long been speculated for being a corrupt institution. While it’s supposed to be Read More…
Monsanto Acquires Licensing Rights For “Genetically Edited” Crops
The biotechnology giant Monsanto has now partnered with the Broad Institute to develop seeds using genetic or genome editing technology. On Thursday, Monsanto announced a new partnership with the Broad Institute, a project of MIT and Harvard that focuses on a biomedical and genomic research. The new partnership grants Monsanto non-exclusive licensing for agriculture applications of CRISPR-Cas Read More…
What You Need To Know About The Science Behind Food Studies
Every week, it seems like a new study throws what we know about nutrition into shambles. It only gets more confusing if these findings contradict long-held beliefs, or even if it opposes research that was just done the previous month. One day you might read about how coffee is found to be good for your health, and Read More…