I did not mention the “organic soybeans” or “organic ketchup” on that page specifically. There is nothing wrong with soybeans or ketchup, organic or otherwise. The woo I was referring to was the belief that “organic” versions carry some magical extra benefit lacking in the regular versions. Nothing in the video made this point clear.

There should be more accents thrown around not less, truly brings a smile to me to listen to my favorite shows and someone lets out a good old fashion bad accent. Keep up the great work people, bad accents bring job this one human.

I am not one to follow suit, perhaps enabled by some of the rejection I meet in the skeptical community due to my investigation into my own paranormal claim, but then perhaps such distancing can serve useful and add objectivity as well as honesty into my observations.

“Fish oil is a great source of omega-3 fatty acids, and these have been shown many times to have certain cardiovascular benefits. The American Heart Association recommends that you eat fish at least twice a week.
Where the pseudoscience invades is in the area of supplementation — basically fish oil pills…”

Does that sound like he thinks fish oil is woo woo?

In his Here Be Dragons, he puts “Modern Day Dragons” such as psychic readers, ghosts, and superstitions, right next to the Woo Woo of “chemistry”, such as the entirely supernatural fish oil, vitamin C, St. John’s Wort, soybean powder, and pesticide free “organic” ketchup. The woo of these so called “molecules” he finds comparable to homeopathy, which is the absence of molecules.

Brian Dunning. Has a free weekly audio podcast. Dedicated to furthering knowledge of the widespread pseudosciences that infect popular culture. Such as the woo woo that there be these mythological and totally unproven by science “molecules”, and how these allegedly are used by the body in such things as “the immune system” or “nutrition”. Woo woo at its best. Just like the non-existence of bacteria, and all other little things Middle Age man and Brian Dunning not see with their eyes.

By profession Brian Dunning is a computer scientist, both as a Silicon Valley CTO and as a consulting engineer. How about that Freshman chemistry Brian? You clearly make an error by classifying nutrition in the same category as true woo, and perhaps we should all light a candle, take a moment of silence, join hands, and let this embarrassing skeptical blunder of a man remind us that just because we call ourselves a critical thinker, it does not grant instant wisdom in the sciences in which we have no education.

You can say it in any accent you wish, but vitamin C continues to offer its electron and support the immune system, fish oil continues to feed our body, and soybean powder still contains the amino acids, yes Brian, even though it is not made from meat.

The quality of Brian’s musings of critical thinking, does remind us of this other critical thinker, who, like Brian, looked at the world through the eyes of just a man, thinking critically, and sharing his wisdom with the rest of the world, although in a perfectly genuine Australian accent.