Splicer posted:

Indian Science Congress Speakers Say Newton Was Wrong, Ancient Demon-King Had Planes

Phlegmish posted:

In the US almost half the population, or something stupid like that, believes in creationism, but to be fair to them those people don't usually get asked as keynote speakers to scientific conferences

jojoinnit posted:

Still cached for me I guess:

Facebook Aunt posted:

TOP STORY

Ichabod Sexbeast posted:

SHOW US THE DUCK

aardwolf posted:

We regret to inform you the duck is racist.

Bobby Digital posted:

Krankenstyle posted:

even in denmark where nobody goes to church except for christmas, its more than 30% who answer yes to a belief in creationism.

Atticus_1354 posted:

They just get elected to Congress and serve on science related boards and make policy based on "science"

Ichabod Sexbeast posted:

SHOW US THE DUCK

Facebook Aunt posted:

It's just a regular mandarin duck and Canadians are easily impressed. By ducks. We are a simple folk.


https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/birders-burnaby-mandarin-duck-sighting-john-priessl-photos-lower-mainland/122264/

cyberbug posted:

Yeah but is that the "god created the universe at the beginning of time" creationism or the "god created the earth 5000 years ago and put the dinosaur skeletons in the ground just to gently caress with us" creationism?

The MSJ posted:

The current government has ties to a right wing Hindu religious group, according to the article, but even they haven't managed to affect the government policies just yet.

Terrible Opinions posted:

Creationism is pretty explicitly the latter. Like at Catholic school in the 90s we were told that creationism wasn't supported by the Bible and to not identify as creationists.

Platystemon posted:

If you’re going to take the Bible literally, go all‐out with geocentrism, IMO.

Atticus_1354 posted:

I was talking about America.

Baron von Eevl posted:

I think that's "creationism" as shorthand for "young earth creationism."

Fiona Byrne posted:

An advocate of the paleo diet and lifestyle, Evans has attracted criticism for his claims about autism, calcium, fluoride, fasting and even staring at the sun...

Pete Evans posted:

My wife and I do tea most mornings. ... We drink probably 500ml to a litre of beautiful black tea from with Taiwan or China and it is a beautiful ceremony. We do that at sunrise which is beautiful.

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Who do you admire the most?

Pete Evans posted:

Myself. If we can’t be inspired by our own self, if we cannot admire ourselves, … if you cannot start by loving yourself, then how can you love others? I had a friend say, “you can’t say that in mainstream media, people will think you are a f---wit.” I go, “But it is the truth?”

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Garth Marenghi: When I pray, and sometimes I do, I pray to myself. I pray that I can pull myself through. And if I’m lucky, I answer myself.

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An advocate of the paleo diet and lifestyle, Evans has attracted criticism for his claims about autism, calcium, fluoride, fasting and even staring at the sun...

mrkillboy posted:

He also co-authored a kids cookbook with recipes that were potentially deadly for babies.

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a recipe for DIY baby milk formula, made from liver and bone broth, contained 10 times the maximum safe daily intake of vitamin A for babies.

Wikipedia posted:

Evans' championing of alternative medicines & activated almonds has attracted criticism from peak medical bodies throughout Australia. In particular his support for the paleo diet has brought about criticism from the public. Evans has stated that he completed an online course with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and describes himself as a "health coach" rather than a dietitian.

In 2015, Evans co-authored a cookbook titled Bubba Yum Yum: The Paleo Way for New Mums, Babies and Toddlers which raised controversy after being called "extremely deadly for all babies" by health experts. Despite the controversy, My Kitchen Rules broadcaster the Seven Network claimed that public reactions to the event were not a concern, and supported Evans. Following the controversy, the authors made severe changes to the book.

Evans won the Australian Skeptics 2015 Bent Spoon Award for "his diet promotions, campaigns against fluoridation and support of anti-vaccinationists."

In 2016, Evans gave advice to an osteoporosis sufferer on Facebook to stop eating dairy products. His claims that the "calcium from dairy can remove the calcium from your bones" and that "most doctors do not know about this" were widely condemned by medical professionals.

Evans is opposed to fluoridation of drinking water, and considers ingredients in many sunscreen products to be toxic.

High profile Australian medical experts have warned about the grave dangers of following Evans' advice, including the President of the Australian Medical Association Michael Gannon, Host of Embarrassing Bodies Down Under Dr Brad McKay, and obstetrician Dr Brad Robinson.

In 2018, Evans furthered his opposition to the use of sunscreens in 2016, and opting for brief and direct looks into the sun, without any means of protection, during sunrise and sunsets, which drew criticism as it can still cause vision loss.

Splicer posted:

Man denies turning home into restaurant despite sign over door

Splicer posted:

Man denies turning home into restaurant despite sign over door

ultrafilter posted:

NEO to Develop the World's First Blockchain-based Girlfriend

Tiggum posted:

I kind of forgot that people might not know who Pete Evans is.