/oss/taxonomy/term/6837/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking-pseudoscience/whats-trending-world-pseudoscience <p>Our office’s mission is to separate sense from nonsense, which may well be a Sisyphean task. There is a lot of pseudoscience—meaning ideas and interventions that look scientific but that are not—especially around health. Having a mental map of what is trending right now can help us better understand the landscape so that we can intervene more effectively. I have been interested in health-related pseudoscience for over a decade now. Here is what I see being popular at the moment and who is pushing (and often profiting from) these narratives.</p> Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9645 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking/stew-peters-final-days-anti-science-satanic-panic <p>The directors and producer behind <a href="/oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking/anti-vaccine-documentary-died-suddenly-wants-you-feel-not-think"><i>Died Suddenly</i></a>, the viral “documentary” that tried to convince us that the COVID-19 vaccines were felling people by creating fibrous clots, are at it again. Their latest movie is called <a href="https://stewpeters.com/final-days-video/#gf_9"><i>Final Days</i></a> and it leans heavily into the God-versus-Satan end-times narrative <i>Died Suddenly </i>only hinted at.</p> Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9530 at /oss /oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/gene-therapied-pork-or-fear-rna-vaccines-livestock <p>“How long have you been consuming gene therapied pork?” That’s the question Joe Mercola, snake oil salesman supreme and <a href="/oss/article/covid-19-health-pseudoscience/upside-down-doctor">one of the world’s richest doctors</a>, recently asked on his website. (His article has now been moved to <a href="https://takecontrol.substack.com/p/eating-pork-treated-with-gene-therapy">his paid Substack blog</a>).</p> Fri, 21 Apr 2023 17:55:44 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9487 at /oss