Organic Farm Denies Use of Dihydrogen Monoxide The “dihydrogen monoxide conspiracy” joke has been around since the late 1990s. For the few who may be unfamiliar, it plays on people’s chemophobia: an irrational fear of anything that sounds like a “chemical.” Everything you’ve ever eaten is made of chemicals; it’s the dose that makes the […] More
Censorship vs. Free Speech – A Common Misconception It was all too predictable. As soon as Robert De Niro and his Tribeca Film Festival made the announcement that they would be pulling Andrew Wakefield’s “documentary,” Vaxxed, from their line-up, it was only a matter of time before the anti-vaxers would get themselves riled up into […] More
De Niro Pulls Wakefield’s ‘Vaxxed’ from Tribeca Festival It was announced this week that the Tribeca Film Festival would show the pro-disease film entitled Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe. The film was directed by Andrew Wakefield, who is known as the father of the anti-vaccine movement, after his discredited, debunked, and retracted study alleging a […] More
