Denialism

Month: August 2007

  • Finally someone understands me

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    This is an accurate depiction of what is happening in my head when I see this commercial. And you know, this idea that applying an analgesic to your forehead is just about the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen. Your forehead and your brain are separated by a thing called your skull, and they’re even on…

  • WSJ and anti-government conspiracies

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    Leave it to AEI writing for the WSJ editorial page to allege a grand conspiracy of the government against pharmaceutical companies. Their proof? The government wants to compare the efficacy of new drugs to older ones to make sure they’re actually better. The reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (Schip), created in 1997…

  • Accidental Honesty from UD

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    Granville Sewell describes the UD approach to science – in a word, quit early. In any debate on Intelligent Design, there is a question I have long wished to see posed to ID opponents: “If we DID discover some biological feature that was irreducibly complex, to your satisfication and to the satisfaction of all reasonable…

  • TJ fans check out Brayton’s blog

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    Ed Brayton’s discussion of the historical validity of claims of Thomas Jefferson’s support of a “Christian Nation” is illuminating. Turns out, it’s a myth. A story passed down third-hand to a pair of people who were under 10 years old when it happened (and substantial cause to misremember), and inconsistent with Jefferson’s writings and known…

  • Cato is shocked, shocked! To find wait times for care in the US.

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    The NYT reports on the differing wait times between high-cost cosmetic procedures in dermatology, and low-cost potentially life-saving screenings for melanoma and other skin cancers. Patients seeking an appointment with a dermatologist to ask about a potentially cancerous mole have to wait substantially longer than those seeking Botox for wrinkles, says a study published online…

  • Ben Stein read the HOWTO

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    Reading You Are Dumb’s take on Ben Stein and expelled, I found out they have a blog for the movie! I’m so excited, because it’s clear that Ben Stein, in his introductory post, shows he’s done his research and read the Crank HOWTO. Check it: Some of the greatest scientists of all time, including Galileo,…

  • Skeptics’ Circle Number 68 – Aardvarchaeology

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    Everybody head over to Aarvarchaeology for the 68th edition of the Skeptics’ Circle. And while you’re there help me figure out what this picture is all about.

  • Mike Adams branches out into TB denial?

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    In a scathing attack on what he calls “gunpoint medicine”, Mike Adams attacks the medical establishment for their supposed ability to imprison patients, force treatments on people against their will and generally be very very evil. Health officials in Lawrenceville, Georgia have arrested and jailed Francisco Santos, a teenager who tried to walk out of…

  • What the hell happened to Fisk’s brain?

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    Sounds like Fisk had a stroke and started buying into Troofer nonsense this week. I’ll get right to the relevant passage and in honor of Mr. Fisk I think we’ll Fisk it.

  • Senator Craig – I apologize in advance

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    Ok, I can’t resist. What do people think of Larry Craig’s arrest for ostensibly soliciting sex in a men’s room? He’s denying he did anything wrong. Tuesday, in his first public statement on the arrest, the Idaho Republican said he did nothing “inappropriate.” “Let me be clear: I am not gay and never have been,”…