I really don't mean to criticise in a bad way... But I guess I am concerned (because I am in fact starting to care about this site, yeah). I'm concerned that saying things like 'scientifically designed' without providing a link to information on precisely how it is designed and providing a guarantee on information (where there is often controversy among experts) kind of undermine the claim to reliability and undermine the scientific credability of the site.
To be scientific it isn't enough to SAY that one is. To provide reliable, trusted information it isn't enough to SAY that the information is reliable and trustworthy. These things are shown by providing the information such that people can assess the scientific credibility for themselves and same for the quality of the information. Kind of a 'wisest is he who knows he does not know' humility thing...
On a related note I've spoken before about the problem with guaranteeing anonymity. There are a variety of situations where anonymity can in fact be breeched and to PROMISE this is to make a promise that one does not have the power to follow through on should certain events occur. I appreciate that the idea is to reassure people but I do in fact have issues with reassurance when one is kind of setting oneself up to fail at some point.
All these things do get the internal alarm bells ringing... Which might well be why I'm in critical thinking mode here probably more so than elsewhere. I feel like I need to be cautious precisely because there is so much encouragement not to be... To just trust and follow on faith... Where that needs to be earned and not coaxed out of one with smooth words and emotive language...
Anyway... Back to your regularly scheduled program...
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