April 2009 : denialism blog

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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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April 30, 2009

Happy Blogiversary To Us!

Category: Mark Morano

It's been two years now since we said hello to scienceblogs, and had our introductory posts on Conspiracy, Unified theory...

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Posted by MarkH at 10:28 AM • 10 Comments •

April 23, 2009

US Postal Junk Mail Service

Category: Privacy

We're discussing a junk mail case from the 1970s in my information privacy law case. In Rowan, Justice Burger laments:...

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Posted by Chris H at 1:46 AM • 14 Comments •

April 20, 2009

The Teabaggers Are Nuts

Category: Politics

Now, if you guys have been following along for the last few years of denialism blog, you know you should immediately be suspicious of people alleging conspiracy theories. This one is a doozy. The administration as a culmination of a 5 decade communist plot to take over the country? This movement is disturbing, and as radical and unhinged as the 9/11 truthers. I would emphasize as always, no political ideology is safe from this paranoid fringe, and this is a great example of how ideology is the universal threat to rational thinking.

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Posted by MarkH at 9:37 AM • 23 Comments •