Controversial Archives
October 25, 2016Plato's Best and Worst Ideas
(via TEDEd) Few individuals have influenced the world and many of today’s thinkers like Plato. He created the first Western university and was teacher to Ancient Greece’s greatest minds, including Aristotle. But even he wasn’t perfect. Along with his great ideas, Plato had a few that haven’t exactly stood the test of time. Wisecrack gives a brief rundown of a few of Plato’s best and worst ideas. 
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| Controversial - Tuesday October 25th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
The "Natural" Label on Your Food Is Baloney
It's nothing but a marketing ploy.
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| Controversial - Wednesday August 24th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
Should the Olympics Allow Doping?
(via BrainCraft) Is it time to allow performance enhancing drugs in professional sports? A look at the science and ethics of doping in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Controversial - Wednesday August 3rd, 2016 | Send to a Friend
If Nuclear War Happens, It Will Be By Mistake
(via Minute Physics) This video is about the continued dangers of nuclear weapons and the nuclear arms race in the post-cold war world, particularly nuclear winter but also modernizations by the US and Russian governments, EMPs (electromagnetic pulses), fallout, explosions, terrorism, other accidents, etc. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Controversial - Tuesday March 29th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
Food Fight: GMOs vs. Non-GMOs
Americans have now been consuming genetically modified organisms for 20 years. They account for 80% of processed foods today. But the battle on whether they are safe or not continues. "GMOs have actually been around since the 1970s," says Dr. Robert Fraley, CTO of Monsanto, "and the track record has been superb." Megan Westgate, director of the Non-GMO Project, says, "genetic engineering specifically involves rearranging DNA in ways that don't happen in conventional breeding, that can't happen in nature." One thing they both agree on: consumers should have choice. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Controversial - Tuesday February 2nd, 2016 | Send to a Friend
Vote for Science
All too often science becomes embroiled in ideology. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Controversial - Thursday October 8th, 2015 | Send to a Friend
Don't Use Labels Like 'Alternative Medicine'
(via HC Triage) What is alternative medicine? Does alternative medicine work? The University of Toronto recently stirred up a bit of controversy by uncritically offering a class on “Alternative Medicine.” When people looked at the coursework, which included many studies debunked by this channel, some people started to freak out. The issue highlights a much larger problem: No one is sure how best to teach that subject. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Controversial - Monday October 5th, 2015 | Send to a Friend
Australia's 60 Minutes Takes Down Alternative Medicine Fraud
Belle Gibson was Australia's biggest health celebrity, claiming that she had beaten brain cancer with alternative treatments, until it came out that she had lied about pretty much everything. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Controversial - Sunday July 19th, 2015 | Send to a Friend
Why We Should Stop Building Dams
(via D-News) There are 80,000 dams in the U.S., but only 3 percent of those dams create hydroelectric power. Why do we build dams and how do they affect the environment? Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Controversial - Wednesday May 13th, 2015 | Send to a Friend
The Case for Engineering Our Food
(via TED) Pamela Ronald studies the genes that make plants more resistant to disease and stress. In an eye-opening talk, she describes her decade-long quest to help create a variety of rice that can survive prolonged flooding. She shows how the genetic improvement of seeds saved the Hawaiian papaya crop in the 1950s — and makes the case that it may simply be the most effective way to enhance food security for our planet’s growing population. Send to a Friend | Permalink