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The 34th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle: Critical Thinking Crystallized

This time around, the latest meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle comes to us from down under. EoR, who, despite being “rather sad and boggy,” always perks up when it’s time to debunk the claims of pseudoscience or New Age woo, brings us the 34th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle via the Wonderful World of Crystals: […]

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Tangled Bank

The latest Tangled Bank has been posted. Enjoy!

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Medicine

Basic science? We doctors don’t need no steekin’ basic science!

RangelMD asks: Do student doctors really need to know anatomy and that other basic science stuff? And Dr. RW chimes in sarcastically, Who needs all that basic science bunk? Naturally, as you might expect from recent posts, I can’t resist putting my two cents in on this topic as well. The discussion was provoked by […]

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How to choose a career in medicine

Via Kevin, MD and The Huffington Post, of all places: While you’re at it, remember to follow the medical student food pyramid. (Of course, the pyramid left out Doritos and Coke, my Breakfast of Champions when I was a first year medical student.)

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Carnival roundup

Here are some good blog carnivals today: Grand Rounds, vol. 2, no. 33 is up over at fellow SB’er’s place, Aetiology, and it’s a big one. This carnival just keeps getting bigger and better. (It’s also too much to read in one sitting.) RINO Sightings has been posted over at the Environmental Republican. And, better […]