What Not To Do If Your Cause Is Attacked

Professor Cass Sunstein  provides some helpful suggestions on how to deal with rumours directed against you. Un-usual Suspects Speaking Up For You When your cause or interest is under attack, often the easiest thing to do is take to the airways (twitter feed/web) and attack the ill founded rumours against you.  Strangely enough, that well … Read more

Why We Are All Leemings (at least most of the time)

Cass Sunstein On Rumours Summary     I have just finished Cass Sunstein’s short book – just  100 pages – “On Rumours”.   Sunstein is a prolific author. He is former Professor of Chicago in law and political science. He is close to President Obahama. He’s now at Harvard Law School. But, unlike many academics, … Read more

Sound Science British Style

  Sir John Beddington, chief scientific advisor to the British Government: “The banning of Bisphenol A in baby bottles is another example of this. To be frank, the only way you can harm babies with Bisphenol A bottles is to beat them over the head with them.”