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Hubris, Thy Name Is Jenny McCarthy
There are many words I could attach to the dangerous freakshow that is Jenny McCarthy – self-made advocate for the pseudoscientific notion that there is a link between vaccines and autism: deluded,...
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Scientific bias and the void-of-course moon
Stuart Buck persists in claiming that scientists have a bias against the supernatural, and that we dismiss it out of hand. This isn’t true; the problem is that supernatural explanations are poorly...
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Why good medicine requires materialism
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE ORIGINAL ENTRY AT “DENIALISM” I don’t like to repost, but Steve Novella has some great pieces up right now, and this is directly related. –PalMD s I’ve clearly demonstrated in...
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Science and the paranormal
A few days ago I wrote an entry titled “Sacred Geometry-Sacred Nonsense?” in which I replied to an entry about sacred geometry posted at the blog “Beyond the Blog”. Me and that blog’s author, Anthony,...
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Consciousness, meditation and the Dalai Lama
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE ORIGINAL ENTRY AT “RATIONALLY SPEAKING” Speaking of science and religion, I got significantly annoyed by a short piece in Nature magazine by Michael Bond (13 November 2008)....
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Introducing Important Studies Page
As some of you may have noticed, I have just added a new page to Skepfeeds called “Important Studies“. In this page I will try to gather links to studies important to the skeptical cause. As we all...
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Blogosphere beats peer review in the case of stealth creationist paper
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE ORIGINAL ENTRY AT “RATIONALLY SPEAKING” Academia is notoriously resistant to change, which to some extent is a good thing. It was therefore no surprise that when Wikipedia...
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The most massive scientific fraud ever?
Science as it is practiced today relies on a fair measure of trust. Part of the reason is that the culture of science values openness, hypothesis testing, and vigorous debate. The general assumption is...
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Acupuncture – Disconnected from Reality
The primary goal of science-based medicine (SBM) is to connect the practice of medicine to the best currently available science. This is similar to evidence-based medicine (EBM), although we quibble...
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Case study : Bad Studies
Homeopathy enthusiasts are pointing to yet another bad study as proof that homeopathy has a basis in science. This one is from March 2007 and is titled “Homeopathic and conventional treatment for acute...
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