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Happy blogiversary to Skeptico

Skeptico announces it’s his second blogiversary! Skeptico is one of the premier skeptical blogs out there, and, although he isn’t posting as much as he used to, can still be counted on to provide some of the best takesdowns of woo there are. Go on over and say hi and read his retrospective of the […]

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Your Friday Dose of Woo: The Alchemy of Woo

You know, I really wish I could have made it to The Amazing Meeting this year. It would have been really cool to have a chance to hear in person such skeptical luminaries, such as The Amazing Randi, Penn and Teller (although I do concede that Penn’s Libertarianism does occasionally border on credulity for some […]

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The 53rd Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle

The 53rd Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle has been posted at Slicing with Occam’s Razor. Once again, the best skeptical blogging from the last fortnight has been gathered, sifted, and presented in one tight, easy to peruse package. Next up is Action Skeptics, who will host a fortnight hence, on February 15, 2007. If you’re […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Critical thinking and the scientific method in medical education

It’s things like this over at Over My Med Body! that show our friend Graham really knows how to make a humble guy like Orac feel the love: Big name bloggers like Orac and Dr. RW and KevinMD are all up in arms about how “medical schools are going the wrong way” and asking “Does […]