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Skepticism/critical thinking

Worst argument ever?

The host of next week’s Skeptics’ Circle asks: What’s the worst argument you can think of? I think it’s as good a question to close 2006 up with as any, and certainly there have been a lot of really bad arguments used during the last year. Perhaps if we air some of them, we can […]

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Entertainment/culture Music

Orac’s favorite tunes from 2006

One of the great things about blogging is that I can do things that I always wanted to do but would never get hired in a million years to do, for example, to be a rock critic. Prior to blogging, the only time I ever got to indulge my critic wannabe side was in high […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

More rebuttals of HIV/AIDS “skeptics”

While I am on vacation, I’m reprinting a number of “Classic Insolence” posts to keep the blog active while I’m gone. (It also has the salutory effect of allowing me to move some of my favorite posts from the old blog over to the new blog, and I’m guessing that quite a few of my […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Quackery

An HIV/AIDS “skeptic” questions my honesty and decency…

While I am on vacation, I’m reprinting a number of “Classic Insolence” posts to keep the blog active while I’m gone. (It also has the salutory effect of allowing me to move some of my favorite posts from the old blog over to the new blog, and I’m guessing that quite a few of my […]

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Announcements Blog housekeeping

Back in the saddle again…

Yes, after a week off, both from work and (mostly) from blogging, I’m back. I know I promised the occasional new material, but I found that not blogging for a week was actually a good thing and thus didn’t post anything new after Christmas. Even though I’m back, though, I’m taking one more day off […]