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A Little Less Education, A Little More Action Please | Pedanto returns

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Saving the world in, no real sense whatsoever. A Little Less Education, A Little More Action Please. I like to bitch, don’t you know. I’ve been whining for a few posts now about how incredulous and uncritical the teaching of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM – if we add supplementation to this we have SCAM, a nicely plagiarised term) has been at my medical school. I can moan all I like, but it’s not exactly productive is it? And Trick or Treatment from Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst. The Much Les...

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Nonsense, nonsense, nonsense.: December 2011

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Nonsense, nonsense, nonsense. The blog of Neil Denham. Friday, 23 December 2011. Favourite Podcasts - 23 - Do the Right Thing. Is one of the UK's hidden comedy treasures, from her involvement in the excellent Dave Gorman show on Absolute Radio, to her occasional appearances on Radio 4's News Quiz she is always a brilliant contributor. This freedom means that the boundaries are pushed rather further than they could be on the radio, yet it is still well produced and edited. Wednesday, 21 December 2011.

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The closed mind | The Miserable Skeptic

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If you are looking for the website of Gloucestershire Paranormal and Fortean Investigations (formerly, Severnside Centre for Fortean Research) it now has a new home: parafort.com. All of the news and articles can be found at the new address. The burden of proof. Science – a skeptic’s best friend. October 1, 2008, 10:33 am. It’s important to remember that skepticism is not a ‘world view’ it is a method of evaluating a claim based on the best available evidence. Problems can arise when a proponent of a cla...

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Skepticism is… | The Miserable Skeptic

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If you are looking for the website of Gloucestershire Paranormal and Fortean Investigations (formerly, Severnside Centre for Fortean Research) it now has a new home: parafort.com. All of the news and articles can be found at the new address. The burden of proof. Science – a skeptic’s best friend. September 29, 2008, 10:59 am. How do I know I am being told the truth? But, on the whole, I don’t do that. I’ve become too wary of getting stuck with a metaphorical turkey and the financial loss ...My previous p...

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The burden of proof | The Miserable Skeptic

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If you are looking for the website of Gloucestershire Paranormal and Fortean Investigations (formerly, Severnside Centre for Fortean Research) it now has a new home: parafort.com. All of the news and articles can be found at the new address. The burden of proof. Science – a skeptic’s best friend. The burden of proof. October 5, 2008, 3:12 pm. Filed under: Logical Fallacies. Tags: burden of proof. Yes, I could say I believe I have seen a leprechaun. I’m sure that leprechauns exist but I cannot prove it.

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Education Misinformation | Pedanto returns

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Saving the world in, no real sense whatsoever. As we sit in a lecture theatre after a morning of palliative care (teaching not treatment) the lecture I’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. I’ve been building up my bile stores for days. I’m ready to kick some arse. Finally some teaching on complementary and alternative medicine. When I last had teaching on CAM I was uniformed about it. The only thing I would have been able to do would be to cry “BULLSHIT! Then out come these words: “Hello I&#821...

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Edzard Ernst Makes My Legs Turn to Jelly | Pedanto returns

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Saving the world in, no real sense whatsoever. Edzard Ernst Makes My Legs Turn to Jelly. If you don’t know this sexy man you soon should. A quick wikipedia summary:. Edzard Ernst (January 30, 1948 in Wiesbaden, Germany) is the first Professor of Complementary Medicine in the world, at the University of Exeter, England. He likes to put a smack down on people who sell bullshit. At the sound of a quack he leaps into action with a grin and a slap. Is misunderstanding of science wilful? The reason why Ernst&#...