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• Annals of Internal Medicine promotes acupuncture for comparative effectiveness research

  
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  Often in my professional development I am taught to consider the source. Information presented by pharmaceutical companies is to be rejected. Blogs are to be read with an extra measure of caution. A journals reputation means something. Not so much anymore. Now we have to evaluate medical claims on their own ...
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• Dancing with Water – Debunked

  
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  I recently read a book called Dancing with Water by MJ Pangman and Melanie Evans that makes seven allegations about ionized alkaline water . What all seven of the claims made in Dancing with Water had in common is that they are based on pseudo-scientific nonsense. The book makes claims such as water being ...
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• Daily Deals and Altmed Pseudoscience

  
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  I’ve been noticing the occasional product on the daily deal site I frequent that is, how to put this delicately, BS. Today I saw one that I just had to have some fun with and hopefully give people some idea of what the product is really about at the same time. In this case the product was an “Energy Calcium ...
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• Daily Deals and Altmed Pseudoscience

  
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  I’ve been noticing the occasional product on the daily deal site I frequent that is, how to put this delicately, BS. Today I saw one that I just had to have some fun with and hopefully give people some idea of what the product is really about at the same time. In this case the product was an “Energy Calcium ...
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• My Bet’s on People Who Use Data, Facts

  
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  I’m sure by this point everyone has heard that Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight have been found alive after being held captive for ten years in a Cleveland home.  The reunion, however, was one person short as Amanda’s mother died back in 2006 of pancreatitis. She also died convinced that her ...
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• Let a hundred flowers blossom

  
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  The surreal sight of Margaret Downey and Jessica Ahlquist dueling with bananas in the foreground, while evangelist Ray Comfort interviews P.Z. Myers in the background “ Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting progress in the arts and the sciences” ...
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• Atacama Specimen

  
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  One persistent theme that skeptical investigators encounter is the fact that true-believers of various stripes often whine about the fact that they are not taken seriously by scientists and that their claims are dismissed out of hand. Ironically they often direct their whining at skeptics, even though we are the ones ...
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• In 2004, Psychic Sylvia Browne Told Amanda Berry’s Mom Her Daughter Was Dead

  
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  ***Update*** : It gets worse (via @BuzzFeedAndrew ): … You may have seen the news tonight that Amanda Berry , Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight — women who went missing over a decade ago and were presumed dead — were found to be alive . Two quick things: 1) The man who inadvertently helped rescue ...
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• The Lunar Effect and Confirmation Bias

  
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  I gave a seminar recently to science teachers and the topic of whether or not there is a lunar effect came up. I was not surprised to find that 80% of them believed that emergency rooms and police stations are more busy during a full moon. I was also not surprised, but only because I have been there before, that they ...
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• The Lunar Effect and Confirmation Bias

  
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  I gave a seminar recently to science teachers and the topic of whether or not there is a lunar effect came up. I was not surprised to find that 80% of them believed that emergency rooms and police stations are more busy during a full moon. I was also not surprised, but only because I have been there before, that they ...
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• I Think Louisiana Just Won the Race to the Bottom

  
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  Ah, Louisiana … home of the taxpayer-funded Accelerated Christian “Education” program , which tells children that the Loch Ness Monster exists, dinosaurs were fire-breathing dragons, and that there is “serious debate” among scientists as to whether evolution is real.  I weep for your children. As if ...
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• Moore’s law and the origin of life: a study in demarcation

  
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  by Massimo Pigliucci My most recent post was about the worthiness of so-called “demarcation” problems, such as reflections on what distinguishes science from philosophy, the latter from theology, and the former from pseudoscience. My interest in this field has been rekindled because of a long time ...
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• "JATO Rocket Car: Mission Accomplished?" (is the 3rd time a charm?) - updated

  
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  The Mythbusters kicked of their 10th season with a third try at the JATO Chevy rocket car myth. A fitting start since the first try was on their very first episode. In short, the myth says that  says some guy attached a JATO unit to his Impala. Supposedly, he went airborne and crashed into the side of a mountain. ...
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• Hold The Phone: More Interesting Remarks From Yet Another Autism Foundation Head In Turkey

  
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  While trying to find the contact information for Fehmi Kaya, who claimed atheism is a form of autism , I just ran into more exciting insight into the state of autism understanding in Turkey. Autistic children not atheists, go directly to heaven: Foundation head Im really not sure what the headline has to do ...
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• Turkish Sociologist Who Declared Link Between Atheism And Autism Apologizes (Sort of)

  
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  So around a week ago, I posted about Turkish sociologist Fehmi Kaya, head of the Health and Education Associations for Autistic Children who made the crackpot declaration that all autistic children are atheists and that atheism is actually a form of autism . Ironically, I was too busy today bringing my atheist son ...
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• Graphology

  
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  Imagine applying for a job, a position you really want and feel is a good match for your skills, and during the interview process you are seated in front of a psychic. The psychic is wearing full regalia, with a turban, crystals, and mystical garb. They proceed to give you a psychic reading – a reading which will be ...
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• Daily Blend: 04/29/13

  
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  James McCormick Canada is apparently eager to show that it can pass horrible and repressive laws in the name of “national security”, too. (via @ioerror ; RT: @ggreenwald ) A win for reality: James McCormick [pictured] , who made millions by selling completely useless “dowsing rod”-style bomb ...
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• What’s the point of demarcation projects?

  
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  by Massimo Pigliucci Readers of this blog know very well by now that, despite (or is it because of?) being both a scientist and a philosopher, I have often defended the idea that science and philosophy are distinct disciplines, and I am critical in particular of those who I think display a scientistic (i.e., ...
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• Completely Preventable Measles Outbreak in the UK

  
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  First measles fatality feared as man found dead in Swansea flat A 25-year-old man has become the first person with measles to die in the Swansea outbreak as health authorities in Wales try to bring the highly infectious disease under control. The article goes on to caution that while the individual has measles ...
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• Jack Chick’s “In the Beginning” Dissected

  
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  This dissection’s guest speaker is my friend Matt: an anthropologist, full time smartass, and an overall cool guy. He enjoys long walks on the beach, pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain. Kudos to his originality for taking the dissection experience one step further by turning it into a drinking game. The ...
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