James Troutman just sent me this link to a piece by PZ Myers, a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota. Myers did see Bill Maher last night (the episode that reruns on HBO 'til next Friday evening) and thinks the man is a dangerous idiot. I don't disagree with Myers except that I think the name-calling is unnecessary.
Still, I'm not giving up on Bill Maher. I find him funny (usually) and gutsy in that he says things on other subjects that oughta be said and that few others are saying. And while I don't buy his views on diet and medicine, there's zero chance I'm going to modify my eating because of them. He'll have no credibility with me on this issue until he begins warning people that our planet is slowly being destroyed by the repeated consumption of cole slaw.
Mr. Maher keeps complaining that doctors don't ask their patients, "What do you eat?" Well, mine do…and my life was probably saved by one years ago who diagnosed me with food allergies.