Tag Archives: science

Asimov's essay The Relativity Of Wrong

Posted on 2009/12/20 by kiwinerd

If you haven’t read this, now is as good a time as any. And yes, it is worth reading in its entirety.   Isaac Asimov – The Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 14 No. 1, Fall 1989, pp 35-44 The Relativity of Wrong … Continue reading →

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When I grow up I want to write like a physics version of Pharyngula

Posted on 2009/12/08 by kiwinerd

Seen in http://is.gd/5fBNV:

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Doctor Who? Colquhoun stands up

Posted on 2009/10/26 by kiwinerd

I just stumbled across a majorly awesome article entitled “Inappropriate use of titles by some alternative “medicine” practitioners”, by David Colquhoun. DC is one of medicine’s most fearless defenders of scientific quality. I encourage every thinking adult to read it … Continue reading →

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Is Cold-FX really effective?

Posted on 2009/10/12 by kiwinerd

My sneaking suspicion is that the answer to that question is likely to be: no. The following article does a pretty darned thorough job of assessing the evidence, from a level-headed perspective… http://www.ottawaskeptics.org/topics/alternative-medicine/176-does-cold-fx-qstop-coldsq#cite_note-4

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Strong UK evidence that autism is unrelated to vaccination

Posted on 2009/10/07 by kiwinerd

If you are still somehow under the misapprehension that childhood vaccination has something to do with autism, kindly read this and change your mind: http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/mental-health/mental-health-surveys/autism-spectrum-disorders-in-adults-living-in-households-throughout-england–report-from-the-adult-psychiatric-morbidity-survey-2007

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Chainsaw bird

Posted on 2009/07/07 by kiwinerd

Have you heard the Australian Lyre bird? It’s the most amazing mimic bird I’ve ever heard. Here’s David Attenborough describing how the Lyre bird can make the sound of 20 other birds (fooling even members of the mimicked species!), a … Continue reading →

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The Onion: LHC Detects Lady Particle

Posted on 2009/07/06 by kiwinerd

Oh, MAN! This is the funniest The Onion radio news item I’ve heard in over a year, and they come up with some real doozies!

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Quickly MRI-d at midnight!

Posted on 2009/03/13 by kiwinerd
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Laws of Cartoon Physics

Posted on 2009/01/01 by kiwinerd

Cartoon Law I Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation. Daffy Duck steps off a cliff, expecting further pastureland. He loiters in midair, soliloquizing flippantly, until he chances to look down. At … Continue reading →

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Worldmapper

Posted on 2008/12/28 by kiwinerd

Teenage mothers:-

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