Lifetime lover of science, especially biomedical research. Spent years in academics, business development, research, and traveling the world shilling for Big Pharma. I love sports, mostly college basketball and football, hockey, and baseball. I enjoy great food and intelligent conversation. And a delicious morning coffee!
Oklahoma bill attacks evolution and climate change | NCSE. Not only is the sixth evolution denialist bill proposed by state legislatures since the beginning of the year (which is about 3 weeks long so far), it throws in climate change… Read More »Oklahoma bill attacks evolution and climate change
The first artificial sweetener poisoned lots of Romans. Three word commentary: lead acetate. Yuck. I’ll stick with Splenda and Nutrasweet, thank you!
BBC News – India rejects ‘total drug resistant TB’ claim. As opposed to early reports that I’ve discussed previously about the totally drug resistant tuberculosis strain that has appeared in India, the Indian government seems to state otherwise. I’ll wait… Read More »India rejects ‘total drug resistant TB’ claim
MRSA in pork products: does the “antibiotic-free” label make a difference? : Aetiology. It’s interesting how science seems to be slowly debunking the healthiness (whatever that might mean) of natural, organic, hormone-free, or, in this case, antibiotic free foods. Actually,… Read More »MRSA in pork products: does the “antibiotic-free” label make a difference? : Aetiology
I saved this list from something I read a few years ago, when I first became interested in pseudoscience (not from a pure profit standpoint, just to be a cantankerous debater). It’s quite useful. How to rate a work of… Read More »Objective rating calculator for pseudoscientific works
BBC News – La Nina ‘linked’ to flu pandemics. An interesting article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences correlates the La Niña conditions in the equatorial area of the Pacific with flu pandemics. The authors propose that… Read More »BBC News – La Nina ‘linked’ to flu pandemics
8 Hunterdon county children diagnosed with whooping cough were behind on vaccines | NJ.com. So here are more children that should have been vaccinated against a disease that is preventable by a simple vaccination. It’s just so frustrating. Oh, one… Read More »8 Hunterdon county children diagnosed with whooping cough were behind on vaccines
Andrew Wakefield sues BMJ for claiming MMR study was fraudulent | Society | guardian.co.uk. Poor Andy. He writes a fraudulent article in The Lancet, which the prestigious journal eventually has to withdraw and his co-authors disown the same article. Brian… Read More »Andrew Wakefield sues BMJ for claiming MMR study was fraudulent
Update from Missouri | NCSE. The chief sponsor of this bill says the “jury is still out on evolution.” Uh, what jury is that? The one in Kitzmiller v. Dover, where a Federal Judge ruled that Intelligent Design is not… Read More »Update from Missouri | NCSE
This is my continuing multi-part discussion about how pseudoscience uses logical fallacies, strawman arguments, and other rhetoric to make its case, rather than real science. Just click on the links to read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. The… Read More »How pseudoscience makes its case. Part 4.