Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Found a little late (dated August) but it looks like James Allan is practically inspired by Tim Minchin’s ‘Storm’ with this one! He’s talking on this very topic at the forthcoming Australian Skeptics conference – “Why Skeptics are Dinner Party Nightmares”. Here’s his article in the Australian newspaper: HOW many readers have gone to dinner [...]
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From Skeptic Blog – TAM 7 – Miscellaneous mumbling: There is one observation I would like to share with you – and that is the noticeable absence of attendees and panel participants of Asian descent. This is not the only skeptics movement events where I have noticed this dearth of Asian (especially Chinese and Koreans) [...]
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Australian news just seems to be full of wacky things that happen to animals. Since reporting about the doped wallabies in Tasmania who create crop circles – I’ve discovered another issue involving another Aussie iconic figure – the footballer. First for ten points, dear readers? What are Calf’s Blood Injections? Is it something to do [...]
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Firstly, earlier this year: Effects of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitro fertilisation: systematic review and meta-analysis. Conclusions: Current preliminary evidence suggests that acupuncture given with embryo transfer improves rates of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitro fertilisation. But then: A randomized double blind comparison [...]
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My fellow Translucent Science bloggers, who have long been keeping a keen eye on the Dore developments whilst I’ve been busy travelling for research purposes, have all the buzz for you on what’s going on with the British Chiropractic Association vs Simon Singh. But first – there’s a brand new review out in the Wall [...]
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FIRST — if you’re in Australia, consider doing the following: SMS the Channel 7 ‘The One‘ voting hotline on 191977 by texting the name: RICHARD. Potentially screws up their tally for who will be the ‘winner’ for the show. Ah, I bet you thought I’d let it rot for this past week, huh? Well, with [...]
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You can read the article yourself in the NY Times, today, but: For example, Hay would claim, a probable cause of Alzheimer’s disease is “a desire to leave the planet. The inability to face life as it is.” A probable cause of “anorectal bleeding” is “anger and frustration.” A probable cause of leprosy is “inability [...]
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