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Author Archives: Stephen Propatier
More Evolutionary Evidence
Creationists often point to gaps, or anomalies in the fossil record as evidence that evolutionary theory is incorrect. They fail to acknowledge that the fossil record heavily supports common ancestry and evolution. Creationist often point to “sudden appearance” as evidence for / read more…
Posted in Pseudoscience / Science
SETI and Plausibility
Dr. Steven Novella MD is a well recognized leader in the skeptical community. He is personal skeptic hero of mine. I think you will see some of his thoughts and descriptions incorporated into my thinking. I often say I was always a / read more…
American Heart Association promotes alternative therapy for hypertension.
On April 22 2013 the American Heart Association came out with a a opinion statement recommending ”alternative therapy” for the management of hypertension. They are a nationally recognized source for information about heart disease and hypertension treatment. The AHA published it’s statement in the journal of / read more…
Posted in Alternative Medicine / Health
Does eating chocolate give you acne?
Cytokine “The Official journal of the International Cytokine Society” published a small study suggesting a link between consuming chocolate and Adult/Adolescent Acne. The MyHealthNewsDaily published an article based on the study,”Bittersweet News: Chocolate May Trigger Acne“. It is a compelling narrative. The actual / read more…
Posted in Health / Science / TV & Media
False Flag Fallacy Frustration
Recently a fellow Skeptoid blog poster wrote a piece about false flag attacks/myths. He did a wonderful job and I do not wish to retread all it’s very salient points. I live within 50 miles of Boston Massachusetts, I day trip there, and / read more…
Posted in Conspiracy Theories / Events / TV & Media / Uncategorized
Conspiracy Palooza
I always find conspiracy theories to be the most interesting aspect of the information age. The thought process fascinates me. I also love to see how conspiracy thinking breeds conspiracy thinking. There was a national telephone survey questioning 1247 registered US voters on / read more…
Posted in Conspiracy Theories / Pseudoscience / Urban Legends
Skeptoid Celebrity Honorable Mentions
In Skeptoid Episode 349, Brian covered his list of top 10 pro-science celebrities. He limited himself to a narrow band of celebrities/organizations that fulfilled a reasonable requirement. “Note that I chose not to include people whose profession is science or who / read more…
Posted in Science / Skeptoid Podcast / TV & Media
4 out of 5 Fruit Flies Recommend Organic Fruit
Since the Stanford meta-analysis indicated that there is no nutritional difference between organic and conventionally grown produce. There has been a avalanche of mediocre and poor scientific papers trying to prove otherwise. These papers have a recurring theme, hormesis. My definition hormesis=plant homeopathy. / read more…
Physical Therapy as Good as Surgery?
There has been a widely reported federally funded study showing arthroscopic surgery is no better than physical therapy. This is a absolute unequivocal truth. Within a certain point of view. When it comes to science reporting there are always issues with narrative / read more…
Posted in Health
Bee Venom and HIV are we getting stung again?
Bee venom therapy is an alternative medical treatment. Like many alternative treatments it has little plausibility, poor research, and primarily anecdotal evidence. Benefit appears in research only when controls are poor. In well blinded and controlled studies the “effects” disappear. Bee therapy / read more…
Posted in Alternative Medicine / Health / Nature / Pseudoscience
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