Pseudology: "All I can say is I know a Neurologist who is highly respected who says that Thimerosal is not necessary very safe for some groups of kids. I'll trust this opinion over the immunologists."
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flabdablet: "Is there a problem here? Psychogenic disease is still genuine disease, and it seems unsurprising to me that a placebo will cure it."
Yes. The problem is that this woman has rejected the psychogenic diagnosis of her... [
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Watched this last night and was a little disappointed. Stephen Fry's statements were the highlight for me. Hitchens was entertaining as always but after seeing so many similar debates since God Is Not Great came out I'm tiring of the lack of... [
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"Thomas Edison has said 'The doctor of the future will give no medicines.' "
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The always great Dr. Mark Crislip just ripped this article to pieces in an "annotated" version posted over on Science-Based Medicine. Check it out here.... [
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"A genetic tendency to depression is much less likely to be realized in a culture centered on collectivistic rather than individualistic values, according to a new Northwestern University study."
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inoculatedcities: Is Iceberg Slim, to use one famous example from this genre, fine literature? Work that will stand among the greatest in the history of human art?
PeterMcDermott: I've no idea. However, his work is still selling steadily, being... [
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This a million times over. Evolution and religion are not in conflict. .
Sure, if you have an abstract, accomodationist conception of religion and are happy to constantly cede more and more truth-claim territory to science as we develops theories... [
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Fine on paper, terrible on tv. He got beasted by almost every participant in The Root of All Evil. Even Ted Haggard came away from it looking better than him.
I disagree. The subjects in that film are more aggressive and lack civility (especially... [
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"There are atheistic religions out there. "- from the website in the FPP
Wrong. Religions are a set of dogmatic beliefs. Atheism is merely the absence of such belief.
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I've never found Hedges a compelling character. I read War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning and American Fascists and found nearly everything he had to say to be extremely, painfully obvious. War is definitely not good. Theocracies are also bad. Porn,... [
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He's a condescending fuck with no demonstrated ability for transcendent thought.
...with at least enough civility and respect for his intellectual foes to not call those who disagree with him "condescending fuck"s. More than can be said... [
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What's the point? Do we really have such horrendous geographical distribution of capable doctors? Why are we jetting around like this?
In fact, yes. Sort of. For example, if you were to suffer a serious, life-threatening traumatic injury, your... [
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Oh right, science. That's the thing that happens on cop shows when the techno-lite soundtrack suddenly comes on and we see pan-zooms of phosphorescent test tubes for six seconds...... [
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jedicus - Somehow I missed that story. Wow. Though it's hardly surprising considering how frequently SSRIs were prescribed to kids before the jig was up.
Also let's have a moratorium on trade names for drugs that sound like destructive verbs. I... [
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...Texas, Texas, Texas, Texas, Arizona, Texas, Texas, Texas, Texas, Texas, Florida, Texas... [
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Love is a little white bird
And the flight of it so fast
You can't see it
And you know it's there
Only by the faint whirr of its wings
And the hush song coming so low to your ears
You fear it might be silence
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5 months ago
As tempting as it is to contribute to the hagiography of an annoying infomercial spokesman because he's recently dead, I'll have to pass.
I'm only commenting here because I was recently on an an American Airlines flight with nothing to read and... [
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“Well, why did you make it then?” the journalist shouted back at him.
“I think its a very strange question that I have to defend myself. I don’t feel that. You are all my guests, it’s not the other way around, that’s how I feel.”
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Very reminiscent indeed of the Sokal affair. The endnotes alone give away the hoax: papers by Paul Erdös and Alan Turing apparently written from the grave. I'm sure there are many other inside jokes in the citations. This one especially gave me a... [
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Seconding the Freakonomics point, though (as usual) that has nothing to do with melanin-content of the skin and everything to do with socioeconomic status.
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Excellent post.
I'm sure it's been linked on one of the many Wire threads we've had in the past but for those who haven't seen it here's a lecture Simon gave at Loyola College a few years ago: part 1, part 2, part 3.... [
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Good post, The Straightener.
"Street art is a manifestation of the life of a vibrant city" sounds like something a spokesmen from the mayor's office would say to justify giving (now) 'Frank' Shepard Fucking Fairey a commission to... [
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I'm sorry...did you think Viacom, one of the biggest media conglomerates in the world, needed help from you advertising their program or are you just getting paid to do this?... [
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7 months ago
Just wait 'till my new article on the federal bailout is published in Orion: A Journal of Astrology, Economics, and Politics. [
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No more Discover or Scientific American, more Seed and Pharyngula.
Then there's The Loom...which will probably move back to scienceblogs.com eventually.... [
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Jayder is spot on.
I find it curious that so much anti-Churchill discourse focuses on his apparent lack of demonstrable blood quanta (see the page title here). As if one cannot possibly defend indigenous rights and history unless blood labs... [
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I am having a hard time seeing how any person's stated desire to join an armed force is "admirable". One can no doubt concede the regrettable necessity of armed forces without applauding them on your own side. There's a good scene in... [
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1) I'm always mentioning it but I feel like FL Studio doesn't get its due recognition as an all-around amazing piece of software for the home recording musician. Sequencer, editor, VST host, mixer and sampler all in one, there's little you can't do... [
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That warm, crackly sound...
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