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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.
January 31, 2009
Category: History
A Holocaust denier is reinstated as bishop, and his "apology" rings hollow.
Posted by Orac at 10:50 AM • 53 Comments •
January 30, 2009
Category: Medicine
Germ theory denialism stupidity cranked up to 11 on the Stupid-O-Meter.
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 54 Comments •
Category: Blog carnivals
Sorry I'm late announcing it, but better late than never. Right on schedule, the 104th Meeting of the Skeptics' Circle has arrived at Space City Skeptics. In fact, it's the sort of thing that will test your mind and cleverness...
Posted by Orac at 12:00 AM • 0 Comments •
January 29, 2009
Category: Medicine
Acupuncture a placebo? Who'd have thought it?
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 37 Comments •
January 28, 2009
Category: Medicine
I do so love a good fisking of antivaccinationist nonsense in the morning.
Posted by Orac at 12:00 PM • 16 Comments •
Category: Medicine
Orac talks science. And medicine. And politics. Run while you can!
Posted by Orac at 8:00 AM • 27 Comments •
January 27, 2009
Category: Medicine
Logic? No. Reason? No. Science? No. It doesn't matter how many studies there are. The thimerosal zombie will not die.
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 103 Comments •
Category: Medicine
Oblivious I am. Oblivious I remain. But grateful I am, too.
Posted by Orac at 12:00 AM • 21 Comments •
January 26, 2009
Category: Medicine
Remember the quack-friendly scammer Kevin Trudeau? Remember his book Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About? Back during the summer, he was fined $5 million and ordered not to produce or publish infomercials for products in which he...
Posted by Orac at 3:00 PM • 26 Comments •
Category: Medicine
Five cases and one death.
Posted by Orac at 6:00 AM • 71 Comments •
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Eruptions 11.05.2009
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Corpus Callosum 11.05.2009
Starts With a Bang 11.04.2009
