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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Politics Quackery

Oh, noes! Obama’s sending men in black to vaccinate your children!

If there’s one characteristic of the anti-vaccine movement that helps define them as true cranks, it’s a streak of conspiracy theory mania. It’s not too much of an exaggeration when I wonder if they think that the Lizard Men have taken over the government, the CDC, and the American Academy of Pediatrics in order to […]

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Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

A homeopathy apologist takes over the Lymphoma Association

I tell ya, I’m gone for a few days, and the woo-meisters take over the store! Seriously, I was really, really tempted to blog this over the weekend, even though I was at The Amazing Meeting and even though I had promised myself that I would not blog during the meeting. It was that tempting. […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Science Skepticism/critical thinking

Back to reality after The Amazing Meeting: Now what?

Rerun time is over. Very early Monday morning, a plane touched down, a car drove along a dark and deserted freeway, and my wife and I found ourselves finally back at home. True, we did have a late night diversion to Denny’s because we were starving, but by 2 AM or so we were back […]

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Biology Evolution Intelligent design/creationism Medicine Science Skepticism/critical thinking

I thought only Dr. Egnor wrote tripe like this about evolution and medicine

I’ve just returned from Las Vegas after having attended The Amazing Meeting.. Believe it or not, I was even on a panel! While I’m gone, However, my flight was scheduled to arrive very late Sunday night, and I’m still recovering. Consequently, for one more day I’ll be reposting some Classic Insolence from the month of […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

How can so much stupidity about medicine be packed into one article?

I’m currently in Las Vegas at The Amazing Meeting. Believe it or not, I was even on a panel! While I’m gone, I’ll probably manage to do a new post or two, but, in the meantime, while I’m away communing with fellow skeptics at TAM7, I’ll be reposting some Classic Insolence from the month of […]