Month: November 2012

Ground up myth

I ♥ science and debunking myths. OK, I’m not doing the actual debunking but I really enjoyed this article.

In a conversation on Linda Hedrick’s post (http://goo.gl/GLpKF) Kirk Teetzel had the right answer as to why the McDonalds burger doesn’t rot, i.e., why it is a myth. I had the same gut feeling so here is the link. http://goo.gl/9qyUj

From the article:

Now don’t get me wrong—I don’t have a dog in this fight either way. I really couldn’t care less whether or not the McDonald’s burger rotted or didn’t. I don’t often eat their burgers, and will continue to not often eat their burgers. My problem is not with McDonald’s. My problem is with bad science.

For all of you McDonald’s haters out there: Don’t worry. There are still plenty of reasons to dislike the company! But for now, I hope you’ll have it my way and put aside your beef with their beef.

Image source: http://goo.gl/mbstf

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Amateur and a pro

Don’t take this the wrong way because I’m a scientist that does cancer research. I was driving home today and I was captivated by this story on NPR  So crazy it might work http://goo.gl/cAGXf

Dr. John Brody (http://goo.gl/Djbb5), an expert in pancreatic cancer, goes home to give a speech at his alma mater about thinking outside the box. After his talk, his old music teacher, Anthony Holland, approaches him about an idea. Anthony had been working in his garage on an idea from Royal Rife to use electromagnetic waves to make cells burst like a wine glass when the resonant frequency is used. What really captivated me is when Dr. Brody tried to explain to his friend that his results were meaningless without proper controls. He also tried to explain that when Mr. Holland got support from other scientists, it was also tainted because he had not explained that the control experiments had failed so far.

There are videos about the documentary on this website (I’m linking the synopsis). http://www.thecuredocumentary.com/synopsis

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