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Anxiolysis: September 2009
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Challenging Fear in Society. Tuesday, September 22, 2009. The Straight Dope about Homoeopathy. This week, the Georgia Straight published an article. By the daughter of the publisher of the paper espousing the benefits of homoeopathic remedies for the H1N1 influenza virus due to hit North America in full force this fall. After a round of pillory by the Canadian skeptics calling the author out on her assertions, the publishers included an article. Detailing a new study. The way the medical and skeptical co...
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Anxiolysis: January 2010
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Challenging Fear in Society. Sunday, January 17, 2010. The easiest way to spread these malicious memes is through social media. Facebook, Myspace, Twitter etc., move very quickly and when people find an idea that motivates peoples emotions it is really easy to spread misinformation and myths. One of the bigger ones this year was the election of a "facebook president". Claimed that they would donate $1 for every fan that joined another. 25 cents- I suspect no donation will be passed on. Stay away from any...
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Anxiolysis: July 2008
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Challenging Fear in Society. Monday, July 28, 2008. A Prayer for Better Health. Having been raised a roman catholic; I have noticed that these words are spoken a lot in the standard service. It is the default position that should be taken on any subject. Feeling bad today? Pray to god to feel better. Need that promotion? Pray to God to make it happen. Do something bad to somebody else? Pray to god for forgiveness. Have a spare moment? But what if you are an atheist? You see, I am paramedic and these days...
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Anxiolysis: October 2008
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Challenging Fear in Society. Wednesday, October 29, 2008. Believers, make war on the infidels that dwell around you. I rode home on the subway today after seeing another Hollywood film trying to show what a quagmire Middle East politics and terrorism are but in fact showing us that brown guys are scary and bad and they see us white guys as the enemy. I looked up from my book when trying to leave the subway and saw several brown faces looking at me casually as I exited. The film had done its job. Know dif...
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Anxiolysis: Haiti Hoax'ers
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Challenging Fear in Society. Sunday, January 17, 2010. The easiest way to spread these malicious memes is through social media. Facebook, Myspace, Twitter etc., move very quickly and when people find an idea that motivates peoples emotions it is really easy to spread misinformation and myths. One of the bigger ones this year was the election of a "facebook president". Claimed that they would donate $1 for every fan that joined another. 25 cents- I suspect no donation will be passed on. Stay away from any...
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Anxiolysis: Cognitive Dissonance in Laramie, Wyoming
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Challenging Fear in Society. Tuesday, October 13, 2009. Cognitive Dissonance in Laramie, Wyoming. On the evening of Oct 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard. I was the Lighting Designer for the Canadian premier. Of The Laramie Project. In Toronto in 2003. A play written by the Tectonic Theatre Company. From New York City, The Laramie Project describes the events surrounding the death of Matthew Shepard, and is based on transcribed interviews of the townspeople of Laramie and the surrounding county. Unfortunately for...
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Anxiolysis: July 2009
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Challenging Fear in Society. Thursday, July 30, 2009. New look for the Anxiolysis Blog. Another Toronto-based skeptic known as The Washed and I are working on pimping up my blog! He has kindly offered is services as a web developer and I have gladly accepted. As such, my output on this blog will be attenuated (even after I finish my English. Composition course) and we will be launching a new Anxiolysis. Or perhaps a re-branded blog, later this year. As other formats. I will keep you apprised. Which purpo...
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Anxiolysis: August 2008
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Challenging Fear in Society. Saturday, August 23, 2008. Give Your Health Over to a Higher Power. How much control do you perceive you have over your life? I have been reading Why We Believe by Michael Shermer. This week. The book talks about human kind's. Propensity toward magical thinking and more specifically the belief in higher powers and the supernatural. I was struck by one chapter in which he describes what he calls the. And also saw a face? Suggests that even when we commit these errors they can ...
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Anxiolysis: Digesting Science
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Challenging Fear in Society. Wednesday, October 7, 2009. Food causes a lot of anxiety in most of us. Many people struggle with their weight and there has been a doubling. Of the rate of obesity in Canada since 1978, and the rates in the US are even worse. It is no wonder that there are diets for every season and taste, and desperate people are easy to sell to; especially if they have tried and failed several times before. The US government is undertaking a review. I waded into a bit of a bun fight. Was w...
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Anxiolysis: December 2008
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Challenging Fear in Society. Tuesday, December 9, 2008. Life on the Edge of the Precipice. I have arguments with friends about my skeptical outlook on life and one argument is always put forward: that I and my skeptical colleagues don't allow ourselves to believe in alternative views of the universe because our minds are closed to to possibility of new and novel things that are unexplained by our current knowledge of the world. Once you have refined and refined the experiment to uncover the truth often t...
