Now that spring is here...
Category: General Discussion
Spring is here, despite this week's frost (I'm really happy I didn't get around to planting last weekend). I love...
Posted by PalMD at 10:52 PM • 9 Comments •
Profile
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.
Please read the DISCLAIMERS.
HONcode Certified
This blog is hosted by SEED Media Group; ad space on the top and right side belongs to them. The rest of the content is HONcode certified.
 | We comply with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here. |
Search
Recent Posts
- Don't Even Give them Your Zip Code Anymore
- Google's Leadership on Privacy
- Gawker: The Best Blog on the Internets on the Worst Oped Page
- New Blog Endorsement Guidlines Released by FTC
- Strange New Art Game
- EU Panel Spanks Some Specious Claims
- Americans on Tailored Advertising: DO NOT WANT
- "...A Fifth Column of Insanity..."
- Reclaiming "Freedom"
- Mass Delusion
Recent Comments
- stainless all clad on Crank HOWTO
- zayıflama on Don't Give Your Friends Fees this Holiday Season!
- zayıflama hapı on Choosing a medical specialty III - applying, interviewing and matching
- Jon H on Don't Even Give them Your Zip Code Anymore
- Wesley on Gary Null and his goon(s)
- Bob on Don't Even Give them Your Zip Code Anymore
- red rabbit on Don't Even Give them Your Zip Code Anymore
- Carrie on More flu woo from Mercola
- rpsms on Don't Even Give them Your Zip Code Anymore
- Calli Arcale on Don't Even Give them Your Zip Code Anymore
Archives
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
Blogroll
- Washington Post
- NY Times
- LA Times
- The Guardian
- BBC News
- SF Gate
- WSJ
Science Links
- Nature
- Science
- NEJM
- JCI
- PLOS Biology
- PLOS Medicine
Podcast
- The White Coat Underground Podcast Available weekly. More or less.
Anti-Denialist
Autism/Mercury
- A Photon in the Darkness
- Arthur Allen
- Autism Diva (largely inactive)
- Autism Street
- Left Brain/Right Brain
- Neurodiversity
- Not Mercury (largely inactive)
Evolution
- The Panda's Thumb
- Pharyngula
- Sandwalk
- Evolgen
- Talk Reason
- The Talk Origins Archive
Global Warming
- Real Climate
- A Few Things Ill-Considered
- How to talk to a sceptic (AFTIC)
- Deltoid
- Stoat
- ClimateDenial
- Daily Grist
- DeSmogBlog
HIV/AIDS
- Aetiology
- AIDStruth.org
- AIDS.org
- AIDSmyth
- The Body - on denialists
Alternative Medicine
- Respectful Insolence
- CSICOP
- QuackWatch
- What alternative health practitioners might not tell you
- Skeptico
- NCCAM
9/11 Conspiracy busting
- Scientific American
- Popular Mechanics
- Screwloosechange
- Debunking 9/11
- Orac's Deconstruction
Animal Testing
- Animal Crackers (archives)
- Research Defense Blog
- AnimalRights.net
- The Speciesist Corner
- Pro-Test
General Skepticism
- Bronze Dog
- Conspiracy Factory
- Genomicron
- Millenium Project
- Neurologica Blog
- Ooblog
- A Photon in the Darkness
- Bad Science
- Respectful Insolence
- CSICOP
- Science After Sunclipse
- Skeptico
- Snopes
- Sorting Out Science
- The Lay Scientist
- White Coat Underground
Other Blogs I like a lot
- Box Turtle Bulletin
- Dog Opus Blog
- EpiWonk
- Evangelical Realism
- Pandagon
- Renegade Evolution
- Science-Based Medicine
- Second Innocence
- Submitted to a Candid World
- Talk2Action
- Isis the Scientist
- lori-ments---life isn't just about cancer anymore!
Wikis
- Denialism at Wikipedia
- RationalWiki
Facebook
- Denialism Blog Group
Resources
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- Scientists and Engineers for America
News Links
Blog carnivals
Other
May 30, 2008
May 29, 2008
Compassion? You don't KNOW compassion!
Category: Denialism
We've often discussed the tactics favored by denialists, and prominent among these is the ad hominem attack. Physicians who speak...
Posted by PalMD at 8:09 PM • 12 Comments •
Fighting HIV---the boring version
Category: Medicine
The fight against HIV occurs on several different levels: prevention of transmission and acquisition, treatment of the infection, and prevention...
Posted by PalMD at 7:49 PM • 6 Comments •
May 26, 2008
The Ghost of Henry Ford I
Category: Racism
Given Ford's early track record, this story out of California is rather disturbing. (Via PZ). A SoCal Ford dealership is...
Posted by PalMD at 5:25 PM • 10 Comments •
Denialist award---Andrew Schlafly, Esq.
Category: Denialism
I am giving out a previously non-existent award today to a truly great denialist. Andrew Schlafly, spawn of anti-feminist Phyllis...
Posted by PalMD at 12:37 PM • 20 Comments •
May 24, 2008
Skeptic's Circle Number 87 is up
Category: Carnivals
It's a must read over at action skeptics. Dirty limerick skepticism! Of note, Orac on quackademic medicine, and Greta Christina...
Posted by MarkH at 11:55 AM • 0 Comments •
May 23, 2008
When a patient asks for the unusual
Category: Medical Musings
Here's the conundrum: Let's say your patient's insurance has decided that they will pay for 12 sessions of reiki for,...
Posted by PalMD at 5:03 PM • 37 Comments •
Science ain't over 'til, um...well, never!
Category: Science
Over at sciencebasedmedicine.com, Mark Crislip has a great post on the history of medical advances. First, go read it. WAIT!...
Posted by PalMD at 10:00 AM • 42 Comments •
May 22, 2008
Another legal tactic from the anti-vaxers
Category: Anti-Vax Denialism
Here's an interesting one for ya. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting on a vaccine injury case filed by an Atlanta...
Posted by PalMD at 6:33 PM • 15 Comments •
A hint of sanity from McCain
Category: Famliy "values" organizations
John McCain has succumbed to sanity---or perhaps to political expediency. Either way, he has finally rejected the endorsement of Pastor...
Posted by PalMD at 6:17 PM • 3 Comments •
Previous
Next
