Category: Carnivals
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A leap year Skeptics’ Circle
At Conspiracy Factory. In particular I like Skepchik’s take on a pretty horrifically sexist Oprah poll which seems to present the only options for women in a stressful situation are to cry now or cry later or act like a big strong man. Hmm. PalMD has really been fighting the good fight lately with this…
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Skeptics’ Circle #80 up at Bug Girl’s Blog
I’m late to the party sorry, but this week’s circle is up at Bug Girl’s Blog. Check it out. She’s one of my favorite bloggers and she’s done a great job with her Valentine’s day edition. In particular I will point out Greta Christina’s review of “Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)”, and the…
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Skeptics’ Circle Number 78 – The Skeptical Surfer
This week’s circle is at skeptical surfer’s blog. Although I think Christian has made an error or two in his evaluation of the latest NHANES studies and what they say about obesity. For one, obesity has always been 30+ BMI, overweight was changed from 27 to 25 by one government agency responsible for surveillance of…
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Skeptics’ Circle Number 77 – White Coat Underground
White Coat Underground has the overmedicalized edition. I’m pleased to see Happy Jihad House of Pancakes arguing for more skepticism in the humanities as part of the circle. And a great post on epidemiology and autism from Andrea. Orac had some important things to say about consensus, and just to clarify my position on how…
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Skeptics’ Circle Number 76
Good for Martin Hosting the Skeptics’ Circle and keeping out the cranks. I’m fond of Whiskey Before Breakfasts’ entry on just whether the 20th century truly was the bloodiest, and Knudsens News straight-faced description of the failure of doctors to meet chiropractic standard of care. Enjoy!
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74th Skeptics’ Circle – Med Journal Watch
Med Journal Watch has it up. I must admit some sadness that yet again one of my skeptic colleagues has fallen for Sandy Szwarc’s nonsense though. People, figure this out, she’s not a real skeptic. They don’t make blanket statements like this: Hearing that a study found some food, exposure or physical characteristic is associated…
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Skeptics’ Circle Number 73 – Holford watch
Holford Watch has a form letter for us to fill out for this week’s version of the circle. My favorite from this week is Action Skeptic’s essay, which I think describes a character flaw common among cranks. That is, it’s not so important for them to operate with scientifically valid rules of evidence or inquiry,…
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72nd Skeptics’ Circle
Le Canard Noir scolds me at the Quackometer for the 72nd installation of the skeptic’s circle. Check it out!
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Skeptics’ Circle Number 71
The Infophile has this week’s circle up at Infophilia. He has presented the posts in the context of logical puzzles, practically daring us to use our brains rather than just spoon-feeding us the skepticism. See if you can figure them all out!
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Skeptics’ Circle Number 70 – Conspiracy Factory
This week it’s our friend Factition at Conspiracy Factory. However, he makes the poor decision to let the world know about our contacts with the Illuminati as part of our anti-conspiracy disinformation campaign. Traitor!