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Author Topic: Food Allergies: Facts, Myths, and Pseudoscience  (Read 2323 times)

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Food Allergies: Facts, Myths, and Pseudoscience
« on: July 03, 2014, 12:46:05 PM »
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"Food Allergies: Facts, Myths, and Pseudoscience"
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/food-allergies-facts-myths-and-pseudoscience/

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Given the life-threatening nature of some food allergies, you’d think there would be no room for myths or pseudoscience. You’d be wrong. Confusion and misinformation abounds.

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Re: Food Allergies: Facts, Myths, and Pseudoscience
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2014, 01:02:00 PM »
I :heart: SBM. 
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Re: Food Allergies: Facts, Myths, and Pseudoscience
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2014, 05:06:14 PM »
Twitter: @subatomicdoc & @ConversationEDU


"What I learned from debating science with trolls"

http://theconversation.com/what-i-learned-from-debating-science-with-trolls-30514?utm_content=bufferdbf03&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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“Don’t feed the trolls” is sound advice, but I’ve ignored it on occasion – including on The Conversation and Twitter – and I’ve been rewarded.

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I have received an education in the tactics many trolls use. These tactics are common not just to trolls but to bloggers, journalists and politicians who attack science, from climate to cancer research.