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This is a link post Leave science to the experts I made this!
That food babe thing I posted a few days ago actually got me pretty angry because I hate it when idiots try and engage in something they cant understand. So this is just me ranting.
 (I helped save b3ta! colmcq2, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 16:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post The 'Food Babe' has some fairly wacky ideas
She argues against the use of microwave ovens because they "cause water molecules to form crystals that resemble crystals that have been exposed to negative thoughts or beliefs including the names of Hitler and Satan".
 (I helped save b3ta! notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 16:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post this is what wiki says
but she's probably taken down the source article
 (I helped save b3ta! colmcq2, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 16:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post Just because she likes have her good looks peer reviewed
Does not mean that's she's been peer reviewed.

And I'm sorry for her looks, but peer reviewing is usually single or double blind.

This story reminds me about an argument about aluminium present in food I had with my sister with my sister.
Because she "read about it on internet" and "they are trying to poison her children".
I pointed out that Al is the 3rd most present element on earth
and pretty lame at anything in it's normal oxidised form.
Furthermore, if she was SO worried about Al, then she better watch out for the big C.
A far rarer element at number 15.
(But eliminating that from her food would be problematic, she is, after all, a carbon based life-form).
Blablabla...
This is basic 16year old, smoking fags in the back of science class, knowledge FFS!

Yet these dumb asses (my sister included) don't bat an eye about VERY bad stuff used in food processing:
Stuff like "organics", sounds all green and full of fields?
Well acetone is one of the main ones,
is verified toxic as hell
(eats your brain and the brain of your unborn)...

Yet not a peep from the "more followers than synapses brigade".


Edit: where's the new music bitch?
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 17:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post Peer review is exactly what it says it is.
double/single Blind is something else entirely.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 18:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post And the peers of whackjob naturopaths are...
...more whackjob naturopaths I'm guessing
 (I helped save b3ta! LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 18:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm no expert...
But in the IEEE, you don't know who is reviewing your paper...
The reviewers must send their questions to the editor who acts as an interface.
(And as a bullshit detector.)
I assumed that it was the same for all "real" science.
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 18:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't know how this goes in most fields,
but in the one I was in it's often the case that people can't help but recognize reviewers or authors by the content of their writing/comments. I guess this might be the case in relatively small fields or in papers with a very narrow scope.

Friends of mine would get peer reviews back from editors and be like, "Oh, great, they asked Phil to review another one of my papers." :)
 (I helped save b3ta! the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 19:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post I was listening to this podcast:
www.theamphour.com/228-an-interview-with-shahriar-from-the-signal-path-quisquous-quivering-quadripole/

And you get the impression that with his kind of subject:
Where what I consider borderline insane high frequency AC, he considers as DC...
And the most basic piece of kit is tailor made and costs half a million...
Then, the number of people in your field probably number less than a 100.
Probably more in the 10/20 mark.

So unless an editor reformats the questions, it's to easy to guess who wrote them!
Just as you said.
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 19:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post peer review is sometimes conducted in a way that's called blind or double blind
presumably to prevent things like a grudge effect or people favoring their colleagues.

It's not the same as blind/double blind experiments, but it's done to avoid some other kinds of bias.
 (I helped save b3ta! the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 19:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post 'wacky'
I would have used a word like 'deranged' or something to do with lunacy
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 17:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post But that's the truth!

(I helped save b3ta! thecrapgatsby isn't listening LALALALALALA, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 17:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post They do? OSSUM!
I'm gonna microwave ALL my food from now on. Even the booze. HITLER-RUM FTW!
:D
 (I helped save b3ta! stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Fri 19 Dec 2014, 17:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post She must be an interesting person to cook for.

(I helped save b3ta! The Silent Channel is getting his recommended 5-a-day, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 16:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post I clicked "I like this!"
A Foodie once chastised me for drinking milk. "Humans are the only animals that drink another animal's milk". I thought of all the cats I'd seen drinking cow's milk at my grandmothers farm, but chose to respond with "Humans are also the only animals that fly helicopters." To wit, she left me for more intellectual conversation.
 (I helped save b3ta! gunmetal drove slowly in the passing lane on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 16:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post You should have thrown
some gluten at her.
 (I helped save b3ta! stevierar, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 16:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post wrong
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY84Ke3UYi0
 (Ol' Ginger Bastard a role model for the children, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 16:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post I stand naked and corrected
Is there anything a sheepdog cannot due?
 (I helped save b3ta! gunmetal drove slowly in the passing lane on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 17:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post they can't look up
trufax
 (Ol' Ginger Bastard a role model for the children, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 17:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post Sheep?
On Google?
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 17:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post i like that your family have a farm
You really couldn't be more of a stereotype if you tried! :D
 (sithemong, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 18:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post Some people have a nice picture on the wall as a conversation piece.
He has a mechanical bull and bullet holes in the walls.

"'Tis hard cleaning em' g'ns on Bucky"
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 19:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post SCIENCE!
"The air you are breathing on an airplane is recycled from directly outside of your window. That means you are breathing everything that the airplanes gives off and is flying through. The air that is pumped in isn't pure oxygen either, it's mixed with nitrogen, sometimes almost at 50%..."

It takes a certain level of genius to say something that stupid. Nice article.
 (I helped save b3ta! fozberry, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 16:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post She must have had no science education
dont we learn that at 12 years or something?
 (I helped save b3ta! colmcq2, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 17:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post Apparently
she has a degree in computer science (source: Wikipedia).

I struggle to understand how she doesn't know she's talking rubbish.
 (I helped save b3ta! fozberry, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 17:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post 1 degree
Or exactly Sin(90°) of an education.
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 19:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Hahahahaha what a spaz!!!
Better yet, there's nearly a million other spazzers following her.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Fri 19 Dec 2014, 17:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post Sadly
most people who fall into this trap aren't capable of discerning the experts from the blowhards.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 17:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post Does /links not have a batsign for Enzyme yet?

(I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 17:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post imagine its difficult to find a magenta search light that big

(Scienti read a strong opinion on the internet on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 18:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post I thought I'd found one
But then I accidentally the whole thing
 (I helped save b3ta! LP, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 19:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post Isn't this nearer the goat's territory?

(I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 18:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Enzyme is rather proficient at tearing up junk like this
he also makes it quite entertaining to read :)
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 19:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post He changed his name to PaulDacre

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Fri 19 Dec 2014, 22:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Huffington Post eh?
What's the money like there?
 (I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 22:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Utterly shit

(I helped save b3ta! colmcq2, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 12:35, , Reply)