Day: 9 April 2019

Resisting the idols of the mind in nutrition research

By Richard Tardif Be careful of the nutrition advice and science you read these days. Their conclusions may be the work of idol minds. These“Idols of the mind”as spoken by English statesman and seventeenth century scholar Francis Bacon, are false images of the mind, referring to the unlikelihood that scientists would seek to disprove their own hypothesis, …

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Smoke still lingers…and lingers over 1997 environment Protocol

By Richard Tardif In 2003 the Canadian government was set to hand out $1 billion in funding to businesses and homeowners in the first steps toward a workable Kyoto Protocol aimed at slowing global warming. Funding was also expected for commercial building refits, tens of millions of dollars for ethanol-subsidies, and a whopping $150 million …

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