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Asimov's essay The Relativity Of Wrong

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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Atheist Cat

via @digitalkitty:

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Doctor Who? Colquhoun stands up

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?

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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