It’s that time again, when the part of the blogosphere that celebrates critical thinking over the usual credulousness that allows dubious stories to spread far and wide meets to examine those stories and claims with a hard-nosed skepticism. And few skeptics, it would seem, are as tough as the narrator of this edition of the […]
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One year ago today, Orac was assimilated–I mean welcomed–into the ScienceBlogs collective. it’s been a wild ride, a fantastic opportunity to reach more readers than I ever did on my old Blogspot blog. (My traffic has roughly doubled since I joined up.) I didn’t show up with the first crop of ScienceBloggers mainly because of […]
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Reminder: The Skeptics’ Circle
Just a quick reminder: The Skeptics’ Circle is fast approaching. If you’re a blogger who likes to apply critical thinking and science to dubious claims, get your best skeptical entries over to Akusai at Action Skeptics by Wednesday evening. Then join us all at Action Skeptics on Thursday to partake of the best skeptical blogging […]
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…that Kristjan Wager started a blog. Kristjan, as some may know, is a frequent commenter here, and has even guest-blogged for me about the Danish studies on two occasions. Head on over and check out Kristjan’s blog, Pro-Science. I’ll be adding it to my sidebar the next time I get a chance to revamp my […]
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Basic concepts–patience
I know, I know. I’ve been a bad boy. I’ve been meaning to join in everyone else and produce a couple of “basic concepts” posts. Somehow, I’ve just been distracted. The problem is, blogging is my hobby. It’s what I do for enjoyment. Writing a “basic concepts” post seems too much like work and grant […]
