Denialism

Month: April 2008

  • The message and the messenger

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    I’m not sure what to make of this. An article in the latest Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reports some potentially good news for type II diabetics. Type II diabetes has been extensively studied (detailed post to follow), and one area of difficulty has been reducing the incidence of macrovascular disease (heart attack…

  • Tangled Bank #102

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    It’s now up at Further Thoughts…go and read!

  • Why denialists ultimately fail

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    Scientologists apparently have the answers to mental illness. HIV denialists swear that HIV doesn’t cause AIDS. But very few people are actually buying it—enough to cause trouble, surely, but the Tom Cruises and Peter Deusbergs of the world aren’t winning any Nobel Prizes. Why not? Because they offer nothing. HIV researchers and clinicians have emptied…

  • A history of denialism – Part III – Global Warming Denialism

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    Part III of our discussion of the history of denialist movements is on one that should tie things together and one I hope some of my fellow sciencebloggers will realize speaks to the necessity of challenging denialists on every front. My work in this instance is made extremely easy as Naomi Oreskes has done it…

  • A challenge for Scientologists

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    Based on earlier posts, it’s pretty clear that I feel that Scientology is a dangerous and bizarre cult. The responses to the post included some apologetics for the CoS and their stance on psychiatry. As is typical in these situations, the commenters simply refused to answer any substantive questions and fell back on such arguments…

  • JPANDS and HIV denialsim

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    This entry needed migrating from the old blog. Thank you for your indulgence. –PalMD JPANDS, the mouthpiece of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, is a well-known organ or quackery, so it seemed like a good idea to see what they’ve been up to lately. It’s not good. The most recent issue publishes a…

  • Foie gras for all!

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    According to a new study released today by the journal Euromed (Volume 1:3, April 1, 2008, pp 13-26), the so-called “French paradox” can be applied to other populations successfully. In an eight year, double-blind, randomized controlled trial, Americans from two major urban areas were fed either their usual diet, or a typical French diet, including,…