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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.
Category: Medicine
It's been another rather rough week. Grant season is in full swing, and I'm busily writing away. As I get to the end of the week, I wondered: Should I be serious or should I post a bit of fluff?...
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 44 Comments •
Category: Skepticism/critical thinking
With the utter ridiculousness of the arguments laid down by Dr. Oz when Steve Novella appeared on his show and the even more ridiculous silliness of J.B. Handley thinking that Matt Carey, a.k.a. Sullivan, is really Bonnie Offit, I had...
Posted by Orac at 10:30 AM • 119 Comments •
Category: Friday Woo
Due to my activities at the Society of Surgical Oncology meeting in San Antonio, somehow I didn't manage to crank out a bit of that Insolence, Respectful or Not-So-Respectful, that you all crave. So, given that this is Friday, I...
Posted by Orac at 6:00 AM • 15 Comments •
Category: Friday Woo
...and Orac ain't kidding!
Posted by Orac at 10:00 AM • 29 Comments •
Category: Friday Woo
When Dr. Emoto meets the Koran, the water woo is fantastic. Come on in!
Posted by Orac at 10:00 AM • 47 Comments •
Category: Medicine
DNA perfection or perfect your DNA?
Posted by Orac at 8:00 AM • 41 Comments •
Category: Medicine
After nearly six years subjecting the world to my meandering and often incredibly verbose stylings, I'm now what you would call an established blogger. Even more than that, I'm a reasonably high traffic blogger, at least in the medical blogosphere....
Posted by Orac at 7:00 AM • 59 Comments •
Category: Friday Woo
A couple of days ago, I expressed my amusement at an e-mail sent to me by someone named "Carol." The amusement came primarily from the subject matter in the e-mail, which described something called a "biophoton ionizer," whatever that is....
Posted by Orac at 9:00 AM • 58 Comments •
Category: Friday Woo
Beware the power of the Atlantean Power Crystal.
Posted by Orac at 7:00 AM • 68 Comments •
Category: Friday Woo
You thought applied kinesiology was woo enough for you. You were wrong.
Posted by Orac at 8:30 AM • 75 Comments •
