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"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, pseudoscience, history, and pseudohistory (and anything else that interests him)
Orac is the nom de blog of a (not so) humble pseudonymous surgeon/scientist with an ego just big enough to delude himself that someone, somewhere might actually give a rodent's posterior about his miscellaneous verbal meanderings, but just barely small enough to admit to himself that few will. (Continued here, along with a DISCLAIMER that you should read before reading any medical discussions here.)
Orac's old Blog is archived at Archived Insolence.
April 30, 2006
Category: Holocaust
Today is Führerstodestag or "Death of the Führer Day," I join my friend Andrew in wishing Holocaust deniers out there a very happy Führerstodestag! If there is indeed a hell, Adolf Hitler must surely be rotting in it. In commemoration...
Posted by Orac at 6:01 AM • 9 Comments •
April 29, 2006
Category: Politics
Having lived in Cleveland for 8 years, I appreciate a Cleveland guy Derf's take on things. Even as a conserative-leaning sort, I have come to the conclusion that I'm with Barney as far as our President goes: Click for the...
Posted by Orac at 4:01 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Music
When the test fits my interests, I cannot resist a fellow ScienceBlogger (although I did manage to resist this particular meme that's been spreading through our little community). Like a lemming, compelled by Grrlscientist, I answer: Your Theme Song is...
Posted by Orac at 10:16 AM • 8 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
April 28, 2006
Category: Music
Here's something I haven't done in quite a while: The Friday Random Top Ten. So, let's fire up iTunes, set it to "shuffle play" and see what comes up, shall we? Here we go: The Kinks, Going Solo (from: Word...
Posted by Orac at 3:16 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Alternative medicine
I tell ya, life just ain't fair. I work and slave for many years to master medicine, surgery, and molecular biology because I want to be part of developing new therapies for cancer. My reward? Instead of being in the...
Posted by Orac at 11:31 AM • 46 Comments •
Category: Cancer
Here's an interesting tidbit that I came across: A new study, to be published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Political Economy, calculates the prospective gains that could be obtained from further progress against major diseases. Kevin M....
Posted by Orac at 6:01 AM • 8 Comments •
April 27, 2006
Category: Cancer
I just have time for a short take today. (If you need more, fortunately, Bora has posted the 33rd Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle for your edification. Yes, my preamble was just an excuse to plug the Skeptics' Circle one...
Posted by Orac at 11:46 AM • 16 Comments •
Category: Skeptics' Circle
The 33rd Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle has been posted at Science and Politics. Bora has kindly provided an abstract: Complaints like "hurts my brain" and "blows my mind" as a result of exposure to incredible stories have recently been...
Posted by Orac at 7:41 AM • •
April 26, 2006
Category: Tangled Bank
The latest Tangled Bank is up at The Inoculated Mind, this time with a nifty Star Wars theme! Orac "Skywalker," Jedi Knight? I like it. I like the reference to "Darth Voxer" (a reference to Vox Day and his antivaccination...
Posted by Orac at 3:16 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Evolution
Oh, boy. Last week, as part of my series Medicine and Evolution, I mentioned the blog of a homeschooled medical student who also happens to be a young earth creationist and used her as an example of why I feared...
Posted by Orac at 9:32 AM • 51 Comments •
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