Category Archives: Science and the scientific method

How Nutrition “Science” Made the US and Other Countries Fatter

A deep dive into how an unproven nutrition theory, that saturated fats cause heart disease, became gospel, to the public’s detriment.

Improving Patient Care Using Clinical Guidelines and Judgement

Questioning whether enforcement of clinical guidelines and evidence-based medicine produces better patient outcomes.

Flagging Productivity Growth – How Much Is Due to Bad Management?

Have management fads contributed to the fall in productivity growth?

What the US “Health Care Reform” Debate Did Not Address

A sobering compendium of the factors responsible for the rot in the US health care system.

Study: Only Wealthiest and Best Educated Benefit from Mediterranean Diet

A large-scale, well designed study on the Mediterranean diet showed unexpectedly that social status matters, big time.

Slugging It Out With a New Contender in the GMOs Debate

One of the big benefits claimed for GMOs may be false.

Climate Change: What Follows as US Surrenders Global Leadership Role?

Shell CEO calls on Trump not to renounce Paris climate accord, but if the US does, other efforts- e.g. Chinese, Indian– will loom larger.

Against False Arrogance of Economic Knowledge

The shortcomings of economic reasoning are well known, yet mainstream practitioners embrace and defend them.

The Mechanical Turn in Economics and Its Consequences

A historical discussion of the fondness of economics to envision economies as machines.

Greenland Ice Sheet Melting 600 Percent Faster Than Predicted by Current Models

The faster-than-expected melt of the Greenland ice sheet is yet another example of climate models proving to be too conservative.