That’s good to know. Damn scientists and their evidence.

Speaking of which, A.N. Wilson got ripped a new one in the Daily Fail for preferring fairies over science. Sane Mail comments? Whoda think it?

“Organic food is no healthier than ordinary food, a large independent review has concluded.”

“There is little difference in nutritional value and no evidence of any extra health benefits from eating organic produce, UK researchers found.”

I have an interest in the subject, since my dad was a greengrocer, and dammit a good, old school one, introducing delights such as figs and avocados to the unwashed of Hemel Hempstead long before Delia Smith was burped up onto our TV’s. Decent, nutritious vegetables are not in the least bit about the pesticides on out cabbages, they’re about the varieties grown: nice tasty ones or high-yield water-filled ones. End of.

And yet, the forces of stupidity that are the Daily Mail, for whom black is clearly white lead with:

Despite its obvious benefits for our health and for the environment, organic food continues to be denigrated by the political and corporate establishment in Britain.

Okay. A cancerous conspiracy to poison our “faith” in organic food”. Oh, OK. Organic food is a relgion! That’s all right then.

Luckily we have Ben Goldacre to shed some light in the dark:

I don’t care about organic food. I am interested in bad arguments. Theirs has three components.

He goes on to roundly demolish the Soil Association’s squealing.

Let’s reiterate the law of Goldacre: the only sure things to maintain your health are to eat moderately, exercise properly, don’t smoke and drink to moderation. Everything else is playing +/- 30% with one in a million odds.

But no, there is a body of people who want to feel righteous about how they live their lives, and much like the religious, feel superior to the rest.

Holfordwatch tears into the Soil Association further and like totally analyses the data to death.

the skeptic blog is, er, skeptical. About the organic side.

Me? The more skeptic I’ve become, the less anal I’ve become about all this crap. Eat a balanced diet, don’t smoke, be happy, pet a kitten. That’s all there is.

Here, they thoroughly take apart the “150,000 deaths attributable to climate change”.

Whatever you think, having global influencers just throwing numbers into a bucket is a tad off.

All that said, I’m all for reducing our various footprints and conserving what resources we have. Just show me the science not some theories.

Anyhow, Deceiver reports that NASA reckons that the sun might just have something to do with climate change. Cue crowing all round.

I saw Fred Singer at the Skeptics in the pub last year and he made a gently compelling case for that lump of nuclear fusion up there maybe having a tad to do with what’s going on.

Over to you lot.

It’s a shame that an organisation that’s attempting to make the world better should be so anti-science. The very science that’s given them the quality of life that enables their mission.

They also have a bonkers attitude to stem cell research:

We would work for an immediate international ban on all cloning and genetic manipulation of embryos, whether for research, therapeutic or reproductive purposes.

Twats.

Trudie Styler wants to save the world. She flies her entourage with her. She doesn’t think she’s a hypocrite. We do.

Shut up and get lost.