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Evolution Intelligent design/creationism Medicine Science Skepticism/critical thinking Surgery

Three swings, three misses

Regular readers of this blog may have noticed that it’s been quite a while since I’ve featured the antics of a certain character who’s become a bit of the bête noire of my fellow surgeons. I’m referring, of course, to Dr. Michael Egnor, a renowned neurosurgeon from SUNY Stony Brook who’s made 2007 a very […]

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Evolution Intelligent design/creationism Medicine Science Skepticism/critical thinking Surgery

Better late than never

Infophilia finds Dr. Michael Egnor’s invocation of the Stalin Zombie from a couple of months ago and tears it apart. Come to think of it, Egnor’s been laying down some silliness about evolution lately. I had been restraining myself from commenting due to my previous oversaturation blogging about his antics, but I think I’ve given […]

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Cancer Clinical trials Medicine Science Surgery

Bloviations and pontifications on the state of cancer research, part 1 (of 2)

Readers who don’t like me might think that the title of this post refers to what I am about to write. I know, the title perfectly encapsulates the verbose style that is my stock and trade. In reality, though, it’s referring to a couple of articles floating around the blogosphere of which I’ve become aware […]

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Medicine Surgery

A transvaginal gall bladder operation?

When I saw this, I thought it had to be a joke. But it’s not: Doctors in New York have removed a woman’s gallbladder with instruments passed through her vagina, a technique they hope will cause less pain and scarring than the usual operation, and allow a quicker recovery. The technique can eliminate the need […]

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Intelligent design/creationism Medicine Skepticism/critical thinking Surgery

This is not funny

Mike, Mike, Mike… What did I ever do to deserve this? Specifically, your remarks about our creationist neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Egnor: In his “response,” “Egnor” manages to completely distort pretty much everything about my article, in a way that is so ham-fistedly inept that it is simply impossible for me to continue to believe that […]