I started to write about science and medicine at the Washington Post, in the early days of the … - Michael Specter

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In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough.

Michael Specter

I started to write about science and medicine at the Washington Post, in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.

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Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don't take anything for granted. But here's the thing: When you get proof, you need to accept the proof. And we're not that good at doing that.

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All the food we eat - every grain of rice and kernel of corn - has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops. The question isnt whether our food has been modified, but how.

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People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not even the truth will set them free.

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Your dollar cheeseburger isn't a dollar if you factor in what it's going to cost in health care.

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Daily vitamins are of no value.

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When you are 20 years old, you are immature.

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