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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August 31, 2007
Category: Wasting your time
This is an accurate depiction of what is happening in my head when I see this commercial. And you know, this idea that applying an analgesic to your forehead is just about the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Your forehead...
Posted by MarkH at 12:42 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: AEI
Leave it to AEI writing for the WSJ editorial page to allege a grand conspiracy of the government against pharmaceutical companies. Their proof? The government wants to compare the efficacy of new drugs to older ones to make sure they're...
Posted by MarkH at 7:10 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Evolution Denialism
Granville Sewell describes the UD approach to science - in a word, quit early. In any debate on Intelligent Design, there is a question I have long wished to see posed to ID opponents: "If we DID discover some biological...
Posted by MarkH at 6:58 AM • 11 Comments •
August 30, 2007
Category: General Discussion
Ed Brayton's discussion of the historical validity of claims of Thomas Jefferson's support of a "Christian Nation" is illuminating. Turns out, it's a myth. A story passed down third-hand to a pair of people who were under 10 years old...
Posted by MarkH at 3:42 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Cato
The NYT reports on the differing wait times between high-cost cosmetic procedures in dermatology, and low-cost potentially life-saving screenings for melanoma and other skin cancers. Patients seeking an appointment with a dermatologist to ask about a potentially cancerous mole have...
Posted by MarkH at 1:26 PM • 14 Comments •
Category: Evolution Denialism
Reading You Are Dumb's take on Ben Stein and expelled, I found out they have a blog for the movie! I'm so excited, because it's clear that Ben Stein, in his introductory post, shows he's done his research and read...
Posted by MarkH at 12:53 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Carnivals
Everybody head over to Aarvarchaeology for the 68th edition of the Skeptics' Circle. And while you're there help me figure out what this picture is all about....
Posted by MarkH at 12:06 PM • 3 Comments •
August 29, 2007
Category: Mike Adams
In a scathing attack on what he calls "gunpoint medicine", Mike Adams attacks the medical establishment for their supposed ability to imprison patients, force treatments on people against their will and generally be very very evil. Health officials in Lawrenceville,...
Posted by MarkH at 6:16 AM • 17 Comments •
Category: 9/11 Conspiracies
Sounds like Fisk had a stroke and started buying into Troofer nonsense this week. I'll get right to the relevant passage and in honor of Mr. Fisk I think we'll Fisk it....
Posted by MarkH at 5:41 AM • 26 Comments •
Category: Politics
Ok, I can't resist. What do people think of Larry Craig's arrest for ostensibly soliciting sex in a men's room? He's denying he did anything wrong. Tuesday, in his first public statement on the arrest, the Idaho Republican said he...
Posted by MarkH at 5:38 AM • 8 Comments •
