Unfortunately, the social “revolution” that is Facebook has provided me with a medium that:
- Connects me to a handful of friends, and former acquaintances long unseen (perhaps better unseen, in many cases)
- Demonstrates that there are many persons out there who remain uncritical about any data thrown on the web, as long as it “sounds good” or otherwise is at least a fair graphic.
Two cases in point: A graphic of the micronutrient content in “conventionally grown vegetables” against the content in “organically grown vegetables”. For each of the listed minerals, the “organically grown” beat out the “conventionally grown”, often with multiples of the mineral content. No milliequivalents of the ubiquitous element sodium were found in the “conventionally grown” for certain vegetables, something I find rather surprising. Of course, the posting was full of comments praising the merits of organically grown food, but no link was present to any article in which critical information may have been present. For example: where were the vegetables sourced? What was the soil quality? Were they grown in the same plot of soil (I would think they should be, to compare the techniques properly) How was the soil(s) fertilized?
The most recent piece of online silliness was a petition to keep god and the American Flag present at national ceremonies.
Seriously…has anybody been trying to keep the American Flag out of public view? No, it’s just an idiot creating a false issue to tie into his theocratic one. Shameful.
