Time to stop babying the Food Babe Some of you have asked why I bother so much with the Food Babe. The simple answer is that she needs to be bothered with because she has amassed a huge audience including a credulous press that has placed her on a pedestal, incredibly going to her for comments when some nutritional issue comes up. This is an outrage. Vani Hari aka The Food Babe represents a major problem with our society, namely a lack of fluency in basic science. She is a shining example, indeed a beacon for scientific ignorance.Vani projects an image of having chemical knowledge but has none. She pretends to know something about genetic modification but knows nothing. She pretends to understand, and even recommend dietary supplements, but has no idea of physiology, biochemistry, pharmacognosy or pharmacology. This would not be a big deal if she limited her ignorance to making her own decisions, but she is infecting numerous others with her twaddle and has become a quasi Pied Piper luring thousands and thousands into the abyss of scientific illiteracy with her high fluting gibberish. That is worth bothering with. And it is worth doing something about. You may want to read Dr.David Gorskis more extensive deconstruction of the Food Babe.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 01:16:38 +0000
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