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Medicine Pseudoscience Skepticism/critical thinking

David Copperfield starting to believe in illusion?

Mentioned in the comments on this post was this story: MIAMI (Reuters) – The man who made the Statue of Liberty appear to vanish may soon claim to do the same for unsightly bags and wrinkles. Master illusionist David Copperfield says he has found the “Fountain of Youth” in the southern Bahamas, amid a cluster […]

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Medicine

Grand Rounds vol.2, no. 46

Grand Rounds, vol. 2, no. 46 has been posted at Hospital Impact, this time in the form of a letter to a new son.

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Clinical trials Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Damn those microfascists demanding evidence-based medicine!

Damn you PZ! (Heh, I haven’t gotten to say that since he shamed my profession by showing us an example of a certifiably loony young earth creationist physician running for Lt. Governor of South Carolina.) This time around, I’m annoyed at PZ for pointing me in the direction of an article so absurd, so ridiculous, […]

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Skepticism/critical thinking

Skeptics Circle reminder

Skeptics! (And those who value critical thinking and science.) Don’t forget, the next edition of the Skeptics’ Circle is scheduled to be posted this Thursday, August 17 at Interverbal. If you’re a blogger interested in critical thinking and rationality and have written a post that would do The Amazing Randi proud that you’d like to […]

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Medicine Tales from the helicopter

Tales from the Helicopter: A really crappy way to start the week

Here’s a feature I’ve been meaning to start almost since I started this blog, a series along the line of Dr. Bard Parker’s Tales of the Trauma Service. Oddly enough, it only took me over a year and a half to get around to writing the first entry, for reasons that, quite frankly, I don’t […]