/oss/taxonomy/term/5925/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking-pseudoscience/outfoxed <p>Tucker Carlson, the FOX Network’s brightest star shines no more. He and the network have “agreed to part ways” which is an obfuscating way of saying he was fired. Why should I care? Because Carlson was a five-star general in the army of misinformants that has invaded not only the political but the scientific landscape as well. I was always of the opinion that Carlson was an actor playing a role that was created to appeal to the views of FOX’s conservative viewers, since I couldn’t believe that he actually believed the nonsense he was spewing.</p> Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9491 at /oss /oss/article/pseudoscience-general-science/shining-light-testicular-red-light-therapy <p>A few years ago, I hosted a television documentary on food. One of the episodes focused on milk and so we visited many different farms and witnessed countless herds of cows actually being milked. But not once did I see the milking being done by a half-naked man. I was, however, treated to such a thrilling spectacle when watching <a href="https://youtu.be/og61fDoRlXM">the trailer</a> for Season 2 of Tucker Carlson’s Fox “documentary,” bizarrely titled “The End of Men.” Before going further, let me offer my opinion on Carlson, Fox’s premier on-air personality.</p> Wed, 20 Apr 2022 18:04:12 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9089 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19/shedding-light-illusionary-connections <p>We may have left 2021 behind, but unfortunately, the misinformation that characterized the past year continues unabated. Betty White, comedienne extraordinaire, passed away on December 31, just eighteen days shy of her one-hundredth birthday. It didn’t take long for zealous members of the anti-vax community to link her death with the booster shot she received three days earlier.  </p> Fri, 07 Jan 2022 21:37:05 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8972 at /oss