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NECSS, a brand new talk, and blogging

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My NECSS talk isn’t done and something’s got to give. So that means blogging will be sparse this week. Sorry about that.

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Announcements Antivaccine nonsense Blog housekeeping Complementary and alternative medicine Skepticism/critical thinking

Post-NECSS thanks

The last time I was at NECSS, which was in 2015.

No new Insolence today, I’m afraid. But I have an explanation.

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Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Medicine Paranormal Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking

John Horgan is “skeptical of skeptics,” or: Homeopathy and bigfoot versus cancer and the quest for world peace

Other than having Bigfoot in it, this photo has little to do with what is written below. Orac just thought it was awesome. If you like, you can substitute John Horgan for Theodore Roosevelt in the picture taking aim at Bigfoot. Or not.

Contrary to what some of my detractors think, I don’t mind criticism of my viewpoints. After all, if I never encounter criticism, how will I ever improve? On the other hand, there are forms of criticism that are what I would call less than constructive. One form this sort of criticism takes is obsessive repetition […]