Mark Hoofnagle has a PhD in physiology from the University of Virginia and is currently a 3rd year medical student. His interest in denialism concerns the use of denialist tactics to confuse public understanding of scientific knowledge.
Chris Hoofnagle is an attorney with experience in consumer protection advocacy in Washington and Sacramento. His interest in denialism concerns the use of rhetorical tactics by various industries in dumbing down policy debates. He is the author of The Denialists' Deck of Cards.
PalMD is a pseudonym for Peter A. Lipson, a practicing internist in the Midwestern United States. Aside from the great joy he finds in his family and his work, he likes communicating some of that joy to others. He has a special interest in the ways patients---and we are all patients at one time or another---are deceived by charlatans. He aims to change the world, one reader at a time. Previous writings can still be found here.
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June 30, 2007
Category: Medicine
I went to see Michael Moore's Sicko last night and it is truly worthy of being seen by every American. I say that knowing how many feel about Michael Moore and his tendency towards spectacle. I hope that people...
Posted by MarkH at 6:25 AM • 132 Comments •
June 29, 2007
Category: General Discussion
We've had another framing fight on scienceblogs today. Here's the timeline: Nisbet beats up a strawman of Atheists comparing themselves to women or blacks or gays in terms of civil rights struggle, and then asserts there are no violations of...
Posted by MarkH at 3:39 PM • 33 Comments •
Category: General Discussion
The British have foiled another terrorist attack. This makes me think of two things. Using the military for what should be done with police and investigative work is nuts. And I really hope they weren't planning to use some common...
Posted by MarkH at 10:54 AM • 19 Comments •
Category: Michael Egnor
Take that Egnor! Altruism -- helping another with no expectation of personal reward -- was once thought to be a uniquely human trait, The Times of London reported. However, in recent experiments, chimpanzees repeatedly helped humans who appeared to be...
Posted by MarkH at 8:07 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: Wasting your time
Name this cat. She appears to be a a Russian blue with silver coat, green eyes and mauve footpads. Although being a shelter cat, this could be pure accident. Her first google search was RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. And so far names in...
Posted by MarkH at 7:00 AM • 18 Comments •
Category: Wasting your time
Anyone want to go see sicko with me? It's playing in Charlottesville tomorrow night and I plan on catching a 7:30 showing on the downtown mall....
Posted by MarkH at 1:59 AM • 7 Comments •
June 28, 2007
Category: Anti-Vax Denialism
David Kirby asks us to move the goalposts one more time on the vaccines-cause-autism question. Epidemiologic studies have shown no link. The Institute of Medicine has looked at the evidence for the link between mercury and autism and found it...
Posted by MarkH at 12:56 PM • 29 Comments •
Category: General Discussion
Another interesting article in the Times discusses shining the light on pharmaceutical industry gifts to doctors. What's interesting about it is that shows another example of how industry self-regulatory principles often have holes (here, a lack of "detail") that leave...
Posted by Chris H at 11:50 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: HIV/AIDS denialism
Back when we wrote the Unified Theory of the Crank one of the main things we discussed related to crankery is their inability to recognize competence in others. As a result, cranks tend not to mind the crankery of others,...
Posted by MarkH at 9:29 AM • 10 Comments •
June 27, 2007
Category: General Discussion
So, Apple releases Itunes 7.2, complete with the ability to download DRM-free, high-quality MP3s. However, these MP3s contain all sorts of personal information in the metadata, thus allowing tracking of who possesses the files. The solution? Privatunes, a program provided...
Posted by Chris H at 12:23 PM • 11 Comments •
