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Alternative Medicine: Take 2

Filed in General Interest, Science, February 21, 2008, 11:27 am by Priya Raju ,

In my previous post, I had outlined some basic methods to distinguish good medicine from barking mad therapies. In this post, let’s dig deeper to see how the tricksters abuse science to confound lay-people.
Chain of Evidence
First, I have to debunk some ill-conceived notions about science & formal medicine. Science does not dismiss unproven healing methods, [...]

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Alternative Medicine: Take 1

Filed in General Interest, Science, February 15, 2008, 11:01 am by Priya Raju ,

Talking about oneself is crass solipsism at worst & a crashing bore at best. Be that as it may, I have to resort to some over-sharing - all for a good porpoise, I mean, purpose. Fear not, I won’t make this a meandering personal narrative. So, bear with me. Or not - At this mo’, [...]

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Millenium Bat Awards

Filed in Science, January 30, 2008, 10:44 pm by Priya Raju ,

Dear Readers, I’ve been thinking. And that should make you very nervous - almost as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. So far, I’ve wrought nothing but mischief with my thinking. This is a fair warning: I’ve been using the spaghetti between my ears.
There are so many awards given [...]