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
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.
Totally Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in India. Along with HIV and malaria, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most dangerous diseases in the world. According to the World Health Organization, there were 8.8 million new worldwide cases of TB, along with 1.4… Read More »Totally Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in India
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Duesberg Strikes a blow for HIV/AIDS denialism : denialism blog. Laymen summary: Duesberg has no clue. None. I spend a lot of time criticizing the vaccine denialists who have taken a fraudulent study, Andrew Wakefield’s Lancet publication claiming a link… Read More »Duesberg Strikes a blow for HIV/AIDS denialism : denialism blog
Chiropractic: Concussion Craziness – Skeptical Health : Skeptical Health. Let me summarize what the article says: A concussion is serious, which usually, and I repeat usually, resolves itself. A real doctor (a DO or MD who actually has a degree… Read More »Chiropractic: Concussion Craziness – Skeptical Health : Skeptical Health
This is part of my ongoing discussion on how quacks use pseudoscience to push their myths and potions on the world. Part 1 discussed the scientific method, which allows us to objectively analyze the natural world. Part 2 discussed the… Read More »How pseudoscience makes its case. Part 3.
Recently, I discussed how science works. It’s not a belief. It’s not a random set of rules. It is a rational and logical process to determine cause and effect in the natural world. Pseudoscience, by its very nature, ignores the… Read More »How pseudoscience makes its case. Part 2.
Paper refuting HIV–AIDS link secures publication : Nature News & Comment. My commentary: Peter Duesberg is an AIDS denialist. I don’t mind scientists that try to press for a new theory. It happens more often than one would think, but… Read More »Paper refuting HIV–AIDS link secures publication : Nature News & Comment
I decided to write a three-part article here that partially describes how they make their case, not necessarily why humans accept it so easily. I’m not a psychiatrist, and I certainly don’t play one on TV. I thought we should… Read More »How pseudoscience makes its case. Part 1.