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Autism

This doesn’t happen every day: A study author comments in a humble surgeon’s blog

Over the last couple of days, I’ve blogged a bit about a study by Paul Shattuck that shows how useless it is to try to use special education classification numbers as a means of proving the existence of an “autism epidemic.” Well, at the risk of driving at least one person away, I’m going to […]

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Intelligent design/creationism

Your morning dose of unintentional creationist humor

Oh, no. Not deterred by the utter slapdown he got from me and PZ last time, Radaractive has posted the second edition of the “Darwin Is Dead” Carnival. (Hat tip, as before, to the Pooflinger!) I was feeling a little depressed at having to go back to work this morning, and seeing this carnival lightened […]

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Computers and social media

Apple unveils software to allow new Intel Macs to run Windows XP

So now it’s all becoming clear what a major part of the reason for Apple to change over to Intel chips was. Yesterday, Apple released software that will allow the new Intel Macs to run Windows XP: SAN JOSE, Calif. – To broaden its appeal in a Windows-dominated world, Apple Computer Inc. unveiled software Wednesday […]

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Blog housekeeping Blogging

Wednesday afternoon homeward bound open thread

By the time this appears, I should be on my way home from the AACR. For some reason, the meeting this year didn’t get me all fired up the way it usually does. Perhaps I’ll post in more detail about why that may have been after I get home. In the meantime, here’s something I’ve […]

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Autism

Well, that didn’t take long: The knives come out for Paul Shattuck

Yesterday, I wrote extensively about a new study by Paul Shattuck that seriously casts doubt upon one of the key claims of those arguing that mercury in childhood vaccines causes autism, namely the existence of an “autism epidemic.” These claims are nearly always based on rapidly rising numbers of children being classified as autistic for […]