by Mark Poznansky | Nov 30, 2020 | Health, Politics/Policy
When Freedom Goes Berserk In 1917, the imminent American Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendel Holmes wrote in a majority opinion, “speech that is dangerous and false is not protected” under the first amendment of the United States Constitution. This is, of course,...
by Mark Poznansky | Nov 16, 2020 | Environment, Health, Politics/Policy
There’s A War on Science…And It’s Complicated In a sense, there are two wars going on against science. The first, exemplified by Trump and his co-conspirators, is when science is accepted only when it suits political objectives and rejected when it collides with...
by Mark Poznansky | Oct 26, 2020 | Environment, Health, Politics/Policy
Climate Change Is Real…And Manmade If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, smells like a duck and tastes like a duck, it is not probably a duck: it is a duck. Just as that duck was real, so too is the fact that climate change and global warming are real and...
by Mark Poznansky | Oct 13, 2020 | Environment, Food, Health, Politics/Policy
The Forces Of Misinformation Are Doing Us Damage As reported in a recent issue of Scientific American, in many respects, the prominence of misinformation is producing a new world disorder. If you think about it for a moment, you begin to realise that we are all...
by Mark Poznansky | Oct 1, 2020 | Environment, Health, Politics/Policy
Oh Canada. Please Take Heed. Ok folks. If you’re not really concerned, then you haven’t been listening. If you have been listening and you’re not feeling panicky, then you really need a reality check. To quote from my website: ….Holy Sh*t We’re in Trouble…....
by Mark Poznansky | Sep 3, 2020 | Environment, Food, Health, Politics/Policy
Spreading Knowledge To Overcome Fear It sounds so obvious but unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be working. There is a group of really smart people at the Genetic Literacy Project (GLP) whose motto is “science not ideology” who are working hard at getting us to think...
