My wife and I had a pleasant evening with a handful of our readers last night, but I’m aware that there are more of you here who might not have run into us at the hotel bar. What I proposed doing yesterday still stands. The panel discussion on alternative medicine “professions” in which I’m participating happens to be right before lunch. After it’s over I’ll try to hang out and make myself visible and, depending on how many show up, we can try to get a table together for lunch.
Respectfully Insolent meetup at TAM?
- Post author By Orac
- Post date July 10, 2010
- 5 Comments on Respectfully Insolent meetup at TAM?
By Orac
Orac is the nom de blog of a humble surgeon/scientist who has an ego just big enough to delude himself that someone, somewhere might actually give a rodent's posterior about his copious verbal meanderings, but just barely small enough to admit to himself that few probably will. That surgeon is otherwise known as David Gorski.
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5 replies on “Respectfully Insolent meetup at TAM?”
Works for me.
Have a good lunch.
Sorry I can’t be there.
I just saw this on MSN. In light of a discussion a few weeks ago on free speech and genocide denial laws, it might be of interest.
Sorry I didn’t have time to dig up the right blog thread.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38179927/ns/world_news-africa
Sounds like a plan
I wish I had bought the internet while I was there so I could have seen this. That’s it, I’m getting a smart phone.
I’m glad I got to meet you and your wife at the Skepchick party though. I talked with your wife for quite a while about our undergrad schools (same athletic conference, similar academic rigor), nursing, and pets. She’s awesome.
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I hope we socialize all medicine so we donât have to deal with this crap anymore.
Insurance companies are out of control.