Category Archives: Philosophy

Communicating Science: Part 2

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Justin

This is the continuation of talks on communicating science and confronting pseudoscience  at IFT16, a massive conference of food scientists. Part 1 can be found here. We continue with a short summary of Ben Goldcare’s talk, “Telling the Story of … Continue reading →

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Communicating Science: Part 1

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Justin

This site was created to be good citizens of the scientific community and to help communicate scientific knowledge and understanding to our family, friends, and anyone else who wanted to listen. I recently attended the Institute of Food Technologists conference … Continue reading →

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Keeping Faith in Science

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Justin

Science requires some level of faith. Coming from a scientist, this position of the faith of science often takes people by surprise, particularly when they have accepted science as an unwavering truth. After some explaining, the intricacies of this position … Continue reading →

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