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Better late than never: The Skeptics’ Circle!

It may be a little later than usual, and my plug may be later than usual because of some truly annoying difficulties that I had with Movable Type tonight, but it’s finally here, I’ve finally plugged it, and it’s worth the wait. Yes, the 51st Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle has been posted at See […]

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Humor Science fiction/fantasy

Star Wars reimagined as a silent movie

I have to give this guy credit. He boiled down the first three Star Wars movies into a little more than a minute, and he did it while reimagining them as a silent movie:

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine News of the Weird Personal Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

Down the rabbit-hole, or just how stupid do they think I am?

You know, like the namesake of my nom de blog, I’m not immune to a little vanity. Indeed, I daresay that no human is. What differs among humans are two things: the level of vanity and what we’re vain about. Given that I don’t have all that much in the looks department going on, it’s […]

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Medicine

Wisdom from the Cheerful Oncologist

Today, The Cheerful Oncologist reminded me why he was one of my role models when I first started blogging, as he takes on the issue of palliative care: As often as rain falls from the skies do patients reach that point in their illness where their doctor says “There is nothing more I can do […]

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Cancer Clinical trials Medicine Skepticism/critical thinking

Obviously a male conspiracy is at work here

Two days after the holidays are over, and I’m still taking care of unfinished business from last year. Still, the study I’m about to discuss is making the rounds of the blogosphere, and because it’s about breast cancer risk I felt the need to weigh in. This is particularly true, given some of the representations […]