#phony science

I prefer my Theories to be fact-based & logical. This one isn’t. I’ve been waiting for more evidence to confirm or refute what I intuitively suspect. No facts have surfaced but I’ve decided to share this anyway.

I got my first inkling in March when Sara Squyres shared this odd IG-Story. I wondered why she was bragging to Emil about cutting back on her screen time.

But it made me notice Emil also stopped regular IG posting in mid-January around the same time Aarika did. Since then he has only allowed himself one ego-boosting post a month, which shows extreme restraint on his part. 

That was one data dot & the next one happened toward the end of April. Out of boredom, I went scrolling down Adam’s IG Follows, clicking on them to see who they were. And there I found David Perlmutter, MD. 

Gawd, Adam does love alternative medicine advocates who claim to be science-based & Perlmutter is the current bestselling king of snake-oil salesmen. But don’t judge him by my impression of his ideas. Here’s a review of his first book by The Health Sciences Academy.  And here’s a more devastating take down, titled The Problem With David Perlmutter. The guy is a charlatan who not only promises “miracle cures” he also sells expensive shit to his gullible followers.

As Perlmutter’s megaphone has grown, so, too, has his brand empire — he has sold everything from “Empowering Coconut Oil” to supplement blends tailored for specific demographics, like the $90 “Scholar’s Advantage Pack” for “young adults seeking to optimize cognitive function,” and the $160 “Senior Empowerment Pack,” a “combination of formulas designed to help keep you cognitively sharp as you age.” One book pointed readers to an $8,500 brain detoxification retreat run by Perlmutter, which included shamanic healing ceremonies. (He even has his own organic foaming hand soap.)

SO...Perlmutter’s latest book is titled Brain Wash & the basic premise is social media is bad for you. No kidding. Apparently interacting via the internet is affecting your brain’s chemistry & that causes bad decision-making. But, never fear, Perlmutter has 10-step Program to help you stop, pricey nutritional supplements & an expensive workshop including a private one-on-one session w/ him to correct this condition you didn’t know you had. 

Here's how the CDC tried to use bad science to convince people to wear masks during COVID

Contrary to popular belief, scientific research helps us better understand the unique and real transgender experience. Specifically, through three subjects: (1) genetics, (2) neurobiology and (3) endocrinology. So, hold onto your parts, whatever they may be. It’s time for “the talk.”

Nearly everyone in middle school biology learned that if you’ve got XX chromosomes, you’re a female; if you’ve got XY, you’re a male. This tired simplification is great for teaching the importance of chromosomes but betrays the true nature of biological sex. The popular belief that your sex arises only from your chromosomal makeup is wrong. The truth is, your biological sex isn’t carved in stone, but a living system with the potential for change.

Why? Because biological sex is far more complicated than XX or XY (or XXY, or just X). XX individuals could present with male gonads. XY individuals can have ovaries. How? Through a set of complex genetic signals that, in the course of a human’s development, begins with a small group of cells called the bipotential primordium and a gene called SRY.

Thanks to faculty pushback, Tennessee Technological University withdrew an industry-funded zombie trucks study. It’s EPA Administrator Pruitt starts following the science and put public health over corporate interests.