Author: Kevin

Professor Timothy Noakes is well known in the world of science. His work has played an important role in the world of sports science. He has published more than 400 scientific articles–a remarkable and unusual feat of...

1. The desire for total self-reliance leads to the belief that one can and should have a competent opinion on everything; 2. The belief that one should have a competent opinion on everything leads to a lack of nuance, since...

Want to write a best-selling pseudoscientific diet book? Look no further. Follow these tried-and-tested rules, and you too are guaranteed to have your very own pseudoscientific diet book best-seller. 1. Pick a calorie-dense,...

I do not pretend that I am the final judge of scientific fact. Sometimes—or even often—I am wrong. My emphasis is on intellectual humility, an openness to evidence, and a respect for the weight of that evidence. It is important...

The distinction between ideology and fraud is commonly asserted, but strikes me as false. Both ideology and fraud are premised on the privileging of personal interest or feelings over a serious-minded respect for facts. Both...