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“Gentlemen, nerd girls are the world’s most underutilized romantic resource”

I can’t argue with that: I’d mention that the same thing applies to nerd boys. I know, given that I used to be one and now, thirty years on, remain arguably a nerd man. (Via Stupid Evil Bastard) (Yeah, I know I basically took the weekend off, posting only a couple of videos. Don’t worry, […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Humor Medicine Paranormal Politics Religion Skepticism/critical thinking

I get e-mail, too

I realize that PZ seems to have all the fun when it comes to entertaining e-mails from cranks, but that doesn’t mean I don’t sometimes get my share of such amusement. For example, yesterday, waiting for me in the morning in my e-mail in box was this delightful gem: From: [email protected] Subject: the dark force […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Entertainment/culture Humor Medicine Television

Best pro-vaccine commercial ever?

From Canada, via Phil Plait, because in my current state I need a good laugh right about now. I’m also working on a rather large post for tomorrow about Andrew Wakefield and the Autism Omnibus, after which I hope to move on to other topics for a while. Nothing like getting back into the swing […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Humor Medicine

Andrew Wakefield: Scuzz-wo

I don’t know what “scuzz-wo” means, but I agree that Andrew Wakefield is one. My only nit to pick is that the puppet flirts a little too close to conflating the thimerosal scare with the MMR scare. There never was any thimerosal in the MMR vaccine. But that’s just a nit, and as a blogger […]

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Complementary and alternative medicine Entertainment/culture Humor Medicine Music Paranormal Pseudoscience Quackery Religion Skepticism/critical thinking

Tim Minchin on confronting alternative medicine, postmodernism, and the paranormal

I love Tim Minchin. I also totally understand where he’s coming from when it comes to confronting woo, though, as I’ve described here. In any case, see Tim in action (parts may be NSFW due to profanity): Enjoy, as I’m running a bit late in producing my usual content for Monday. Fear not, it’s coming […]