The Angry Chef

happens at the nadir of the illness,

Science should teach children to doubt, to question and to understand the wisdom of knowing your own ignorance.

correlation is not always causation

When writing about pseudoscience you should certainly never headline the chapters of your book with specific myths . . .
Whoops.

and instead just communicate the core facts that you know to be true. So, rather than saying ‘vaccines don’t cause autism’ you should say ‘vaccines are safe and effective and prevent a number of terrible diseases’.

The hare is sat next to them shouting, ‘Look at me, I am a massive fucking hare’.

Accept uncertainty and doubt. Science is usually wrong.

In years of school study, most of us are left knowing little about the scientific method, the need to accept uncertainty, the need to look for and respect evidence and an understanding of what constitutes proof.

Regression to the mean

In essence, nutritional advice has never really changed. Serious scientists are not arguing about whether saturated fat or sugar is bad, because the reality is that neither of them are. Neither are evil, neither are toxic. Neither should be excluded and yet neither should be eaten with impunity. The message has always been the same. You can and should eat them both. Just not too much. And lots of other stuff too.