Pseudoscience

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Pseudoscience”

• Homeopathy and the nocebo effect

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 163
  Dr Peter Fisher from the Royal London Homeopathic hospital (funded by the NHS) says homeopathic pills have physical side-effects. Can a sugar pill have a side-effect? This week the parliamentary science and technology committee looked into the the funding of homeopathy on the NHS and the evidence behind the decision ...
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• Dr. Laureys Responds Regarding Man in Coma

  
  NeuroLogica Blog — Authority: 603
  On Wednesday I wrote about Rom Houben , the 46 year old man who spent the last 23 years in an apparent vegetative state (PVS) following a motor vehicle accident. Recently it came to light the Houben is not in a PVS – he has some degree of consciousness and his PET scan shows near normal brain metabolic activity. It ...
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• Ian Sample on a Commons inquiry into homeopathy

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  Ian Sample on the MPs investigation into whether there is sufficient evidence to dispense homeopathy on the NHS Ian Sample
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• Serving Everybody (From The Same Plate)

  
  ? The Macho Response ? — Authority: 141
  "What seems incontrovertible at this point is that the global-warming industry (and it is an industry) is suffused to its core with groupthink and bad faith. For many of us, this is not shocking news . But it is shocking evidence . Proving bad faith and groupthink is very hard to do." -- Jonah Goldberg , ...
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• International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 474
  Recognised since 1999, after the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution , today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women . UNFPA : Every day, women and girls are subject to domestic violence, exploitation, sexual violence, trafficking, honour crimes, harmful ...
  3 days ago

• All in your head?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 650
  Does anyone still believe in phrenology?
  3 days ago

• Homeopathy: MPs grill experts

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 987
  The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has called in homeopaths and scientists to discuss evidence for the alternative therapy The meeting has now concluded. Read what happened below 8.32am: It would be nice to think ministers made policy decisions on the basis of sound scientific evidence, but ...
  3 days ago

• Claims That Lifes All An Illusion Exaggerated

  
  ? The Macho Response ? — Authority: 141
  "In a skeptical world, with editors and reporters who actually worked to dig up the facts and put the claims made,...into context, there would be something more,...than a regurgitation of the same old things weve seen in [transcendental meditation] movement press releases for the past few decades, and quotes from both ...
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• Almost Made It Home - Never Touched The Bases

  
  ? The Macho Response ? — Authority: 141
  "Hey, I have no great desire to foul up the planet any more than the next person, but if in reality, [Global Warmings] all a fraud, it makes Bernie Madoff look like a Little Leaguer." -- Bob Faulkner , welcoming The Western World to the con - AKA informing our cultish believers that, financially, they really ...
  4 days ago

• In Brief: Unemployment, Climagedon, Jihad

  
  Barely A Blog — Authority: 132
  • Mainstream press has stumbled on an alarming figure, which I reported way back on 8/28/2009 : “nearly 1 in 5 Americans is either out of work or under-employed.” The real unemployment rate is 16.3 percent. The discrepancy between the official and the awful numbers has arisen because the former count, ...
  4 days ago

• Some Good Autism Reporting

  
  NeuroLogica Blog — Authority: 603
  I and other science bloggers spend a lot of time and virtual ink doing damage control on bad science reporting in the media. It’s hard not to get a little jaded after wading through one terrible science article after another.  I discuss this problem and one stunning example of promoting pseudoscience passing for ...
  5 days ago

• Whacked-Out, Stupid, And Sick*

  
  ? The Macho Response ? — Authority: 141
  *The law firm that should go after these guys,...
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• Stupid Creationist Arguments 5: Crocoduck

  
  Lone Wolfs Den — Authority: 112
  With Ray Comfort releasing a version of Darwin’s Origin of Species with a 50 page propaganda introductions I decided to talk about this dumb asses dumb ass arguments starting with the Crocoduck.Its basically the argument “why don’t we find fossils that are half ‘this’ and half ‘that’?” where said ...
  1 week ago

• The Climate Change Fraud

  
  tdaxp — Authority: 425
  Surprising no one, the “evidence” for global warming is fraudulent, the product of organized deception mascerading as science Hundreds of private emails and documents allegedly exchanged between some of the world’s leading climate scientists over the past 13 years have been stolen by hackers and leaked online, ...
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• Dark Chocolate and Other Tidbits of Goodness

  
  Heaving Dead Cats — Authority: 416
  If you’re like me, and you enjoy dark chocolate, then I have some studies to share with you! I think they’ll be helpful for the holidays as well as generally beneficial throughout the year. If you don’t like chocolate (WTF, just kidding), see below for swine flu info, and other linky goodness. Dark Chocolate ...
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• The Problem Of The Oblivious White Male Skeptic? A Response To Pharyngula And SkeptiFem

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 474
  Firstly, I’d like to thank both PZ Myers and ‘SkeptiFem’ for inspiring what I think I’ll present upon at a conference next year. I think I have something to say on this topic, which is clearly of interest to people. I’ve written about women and skeptics before (in fact, Feministing even responded to ...
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• Book Launch At Australian Skeptics Conference – ‘Beyond Belief’ By Dr Martin Bridgstock

  
  PodBlack Cat — Authority: 474
  You may know that the The Australian Skeptics National Convention, (or as they call it, ‘Briskepticon’, which is how you can find it tagged on Twitter ), will be held next weekend at the University of Queensland. What you may not know is that on Friday, 27th November, before the convention starts – there’s ...
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• Freethinkers Are Finally Being Organized

  
  Exploring Our Matrix — Authority: 605
  (HT Karyn Traphagen ) Theres also a provocative video aimed at young-earth creationists and their ilk (with entertaining images accompanying its challenge): (HT AIGBusted ).
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• Palin 2012 Jokes

  
  Exploring Our Matrix — Authority: 605
  Having posted on Sarah Palins views on evolution (the plural "views" seems particularly appropriate), I realized that, if she does run for president in 2012, Saturday Night Live will be able to reuse some material from its 2004 presidential bash with only minor changes. Palin: "I have not flip-flopped. I have ...
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• Fake Medicine: Why Is Homeopathy Still In Use?

  
  Better Health — Authority: 556
  Homeopathy, as a cultural phenomenon, remains an enigma. In the two centuries since its invention it has failed to garner significant scientific support. In fact, developments in physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine have shown the underlying concepts of homeopathy to be wrong – guesswork and speculation that ...
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