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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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September 30, 2008
The Times on Woo: Covering the Basics
Category: Altie Meds
The Times is running a series of articles today that cover the basics on woo, wooish thought, and one of...
Posted by Chris H at 12:36 PM • 7 Comments •
September 28, 2008
Open Lab 08
Category: meta-blag
Bora and his crack team of editors are working on Open Laboratory 08, a collection of the year's best writing...
Posted by PalMD at 9:48 PM • 1 Comments •
Profiting from others' suffering---the difference between skeptical doctors and crooks
Category: Altie Meds
Morgellons "disease" is not a disease in any classic sense. There are no agreed-upon definitions of a case, so all...
Posted by PalMD at 1:41 PM • 62 Comments •
Were the ancients fools?
Category: Medicine
I'm off to the west coast (of Michigan) for a few days, and if I don't blog, I shall die...or...
Posted by PalMD at 3:36 AM • 15 Comments •
September 27, 2008
I Love the French
Category: Wasting your time
Why? Well, among other things, for hating billboards. Max Colchester of the Wall Street Journal reports: On Friday, Alex Baret...
Posted by Chris H at 8:23 PM • 3 Comments •
The Business of Green
Category: Environmentalism
I had the opportunity to see Felicity Barringer, the New York Times correspondent, speak on the "The Dangers of Environmental...
Posted by Chris H at 2:19 PM • 5 Comments •
Immune to reality
Category: Altie Meds
I'm off to the west coast (of Michigan) for a few days, and if I don't blog, I shall die...or...
Posted by PalMD at 1:28 PM • 12 Comments •
False equality
Category: Religious Extremism
I'm off to the west coast (of Michigan) for a few days, and if I don't blog, I shall die...or...
Posted by PalMD at 3:13 AM • 12 Comments •
September 26, 2008
Debate!
I'm liveblogging and leaving an open thread...go to it....
Posted by PalMD at 10:32 PM • 2 Comments •
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