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Complementary and alternative medicine Friday Woo Medicine Quackery

The SCIO, Quantum Xrroid Consciousness Interface, and Bill Nelson: Better late than never–or maybe not

As my fellow Americans (ack! I’m sounding like a politician!) know, this happens to be a holiday weekend in the States, Monday being Labor Day. Given that, I’m taking it easy blogging until Tuesday, given that most people (in the U.S. at least) are probably out taking advantage of the opportunity that what is traditionally […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Politics Quackery

Science is irrelevant. Resistance is futile, part 2: Another domino falls

I’ve written extensively before about how advocates of non-science-based “medical” treatments, such as naturopathy, homeopathy, and all the woo that follows have been waging a war on all fronts against science- and evidence-based medicine in their effort to have their so-called “complementary and alternative medicine” (or the newer, brighter, shinier name “integrative medicine”) be perceived […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

Science is irrelevant. Resistance is futile.

“I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is futile. Your life as it has been is over. From this time forward, you will service us.” – Locutus of Borg. “Strength is irrelevant. Resistance is futile…Your culture will adapt to service ours.” — The Borg. I’m a bit depressed these days. Maybe a better term for it […]

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Cancer Evolution Intelligent design/creationism Medicine Science Skepticism/critical thinking Surgery

Time to get out the paper bag or Doctor Doom mask again…

Sigh. He’s baaack. Yes, that dualism-loving Energizer Bunny of antievolution nonsense, that “intelligent design” apologist neurosurgeon whose nonsense has driven me time and time again to contemplate hiding my head in a paper bag or even a Doctor Doom mask because of the shame of knowing that he is also a surgeon, that physician who […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Friday Woo Medicine Quackery

Your Friday Dose of Woo: The boneyard of forgotten woo

I know I like to say that woo is eternal, and it is. That doesn’t, however, mean that individual examples of woo are necessarily eternal. Some, it seems, are. Does anyone doubt, for example, that homeopathy, which has been around for over two hundred years now, will still be around 200 years from now? I’d […]