Again with the Marijuana
Category: Medicine
What is it about reporting on pot that makes people so Puritanical? Today I read in the Guardian Cannabis joints...
Posted by MarkH at 11:46 AM • 23 Comments •
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Mark Hoofnagle has a MD and PhD in physiology from the University of Virginia, and is now a general surgery resident. His interest in denialism concerns the use of denialist tactics to confuse public understanding of scientific knowledge.
Chris Hoofnagle is a recovering Washington, DC lawyer and information privacy law expert at UC-Berkeley Law School. Denialism became apparent to him while working on consumer protection laws in Washington. The Denialists' Deck of Cards is essentially a how-to guide for being an industry lobbyist.
PalMD is 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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July 31, 2007
Skeptics' Circle #66 - Abstract Deadline
Category: Skepticism
Just a reminder, I would like all submissions to the 66th Skeptics Circle by today....
Posted by MarkH at 8:21 AM • 0 Comments •
July 30, 2007
Does Smoking Cannabis Cause Schizophrenia?
Category: Anti-drug nonsense
A lot of people are talking about a new study showing a 40% increase risk of "psychosis", which I first...
Posted by MarkH at 6:02 AM • 42 Comments •
July 29, 2007
Now this is why political appointees shouldn't have a say in science
Category: Politics
We already knew from former Surgeon General Carmona's testimony that this was happening, but now the WaPo brings us a...
Posted by MarkH at 5:26 PM • 27 Comments •
July 27, 2007
Who is going to see the Simpsons Movie?
Category: Wasting your time
I can't quite come up with a good reason to see it, considering seeing movies in C-ville is usually a...
Posted by MarkH at 10:49 AM • 21 Comments •
July 26, 2007
I can has souls?
Category: Skepticism
I couldn't resist when I read this Guardian story about Oscar, the death predicting cat. When the two-year-old grey and...
Posted by MarkH at 12:59 PM • 24 Comments •
Numerology Defeated in 5-1 Vote by the SF Taxicab Commission
Category: General Discussion
Jesse McKinley reports in the Times: It was a good day for the Devil in San Francisco on Tuesday, as...
Posted by Chris H at 12:39 PM • 11 Comments •
Are metrics in medicine a good thing?
Category: Medicine
The Washington post reports on new efforts by insurance companies to rate doctors performance and their policies that penalize doctors...
Posted by MarkH at 6:53 AM • 11 Comments •
A Taxonomy of Manipulation
Category: General Discussion
Seth Stevenson over at Slate describes all 12 types of ads in the world and urges us to resist them...
Posted by Chris H at 12:59 AM • 5 Comments •
July 25, 2007
The Limits of Academic Freedom
Category: General Discussion
Steven Novella at Neurologica has written a thoughtful essay on where the limits of academic freedom should lie in light...
Posted by MarkH at 3:11 PM • 8 Comments •
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