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Medicalisation

homunculus — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:45:44 -0800

The Medicalisation of Everyday Life. "As the pace of medical innovation slows to a crawl, how do drug companies stay in profit? By 'discovering' new illnesses to fit existing products." An extract from Ben Goldacre's new book, Bad Science. [Via]

Homeopathy

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:20:31 -0800

The Guardian discusses homeopathy: Jeannette Winterson supports it, Ben Goldacre opposes it.

But who wants to do math? Math is hard. Scaring ignorant people is easy.

Artw — Fri, 25 May 2007 12:04:09 -0800

Wi-fi Routers: Silent blinking death. Via badscience.net, where it was posted in response to what sounds like a truly awful show. Electrosensitivity previously discussed here.

Music history rendered on a London Tube Map

feelinglistless — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 02:44:09 -0800

Music history rendered on a London Tube Map They say: "Could we chart the branches and connections of 100 years of music using the London Underground map? Dorian Lynskey explains how a box of coloured crayons and lot of swearing helped." I say: Look also at the comments in the accompanying thread, which features trolling, snarkiness and repetition, beginning with "Why did you do this? What is the point? Wouldn't you have been better off doing something else? Sometimes you media people really worry me." The Guardian are introducing commenter registration on their new blog.

gluechunk — Tue, 04 Sep 2001 21:02:38 -0800

How easily can false memories be created through advertisements? Could you be convinced that Bugs Bunny was at Disneyland? Full results from a larger study will be revealed soon. "Is it OK for marketers to knowingly manipulate consumers' past?"

Ezrael — Mon, 11 Jun 2001 13:15:36 -0800

When NASA scientists watch Michael Bay films, comedy ensues. 'The technology is not at all far-fetched,' said Dr Greg Laughlin, of the Nasa Ames Research Center in California. 'It involves the same techniques that people now suggest could be used to deflect asteroids or comets heading towards Earth. We don't need raw power to move Earth, we just require delicacy of planning and manoeuvring.' Oh yeah, nothing could possibly go wrong with this plan. I'm not being a Luddite here...I realize the scientists involved aren't going to be doing this any time soon, if ever. It still spooks me, though.