26 September 2026
The Weekly Slice № 004
Welcome, fellow connoisseurs of the questionable, to The Weekly Slice, from baloney.ai, The Truth Deli!
On the counter this week: four pieces of body-maintenance advice, the sort handed down about sleep, hydration, catching a chill, and what becomes of your muscles when you quit the gym. All of it has been passed around long enough to pick up a shine, which is usually when it is worth a closer look.
Still hungry after the last slice? There is also "Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science," a 2025 Consensus Study Report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
This week’s baloney
Food for thought
Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine · National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine · ~75 min · intermediate
A 2025 Consensus Study Report on misinformation about science — how it arises, how it spreads, which interventions have evidence behind them, and where the research is thin. We haven't read it. What we can tell you is what it is: a committee synthesis from the National Academies, which is a slow process by design. On a question this fast-moving, newer evidence will already have landed since publication, and a consensus position is a snapshot of the evidence, not a ruling. The committee roster is public, and worth a look — who sat in the room shapes which questions get treated as settled.
Worth knowing about the source. Consensus is slow by design. On a fast-moving question the most recent evidence can postdate the report, and a consensus position is a synthesis of evidence at a moment, not a permanent ruling. Committee membership is public and worth reading: who was in the room shapes which questions the report treats as settled.
Read it at National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine →
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