- Orac has an insightful post addressing concerns that Big Pharma won't develop non-patentable drugs.
- Future worry: Big AI won't develop better robot nurses?
- Current worry: Will Nintendo put Weight Watchers out of business?
- Steven Pinker tackles consciousness.
- Does the brain actually have a "resting mode"?
- Is mental illness still a stigma? One answer.
- Possible mechanism for the problem discussed this morning: Inability to drive well while talking.
- Finally: Want to know what Greta and I were up to this weekend? More links than you'll ever manage to follow. Tip: start at the bottom.
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I've stood at the periphery of the dichloroacetate (DCA) story mostly because my attention has been needed elsewhere as of late.
We get hate mail. Or I do. True, I don't get an inordinate amount of hate mail, but I do get some. A lot of the time, it's rather boring and predictable, which is why I don't often respond to it on the blog, although sometimes against my better judgment I respond by e-mail.
If there's one law that (most) supporters of science-based medicine detest and would love to see repealed, it's the Dietary Supplement and Health Act of 1994 (DSHEA).
A week ago or so, I was perusing my Google Alerts, along with various blogs and news websites, looking for something to blog about, when I noticed a disturbance in the pseudoscience Force.
Thanks for the link. Parts Part 2 and 3 of the "resting mode" series are now available.