As a skeptic, whenever I see an article on something science-y that looks a little too good to be true, my radar goes up. More often than not, what I’ve read isn’t true, or at the very least, none of the findings have been independently verified.
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It’s Rapture Day, Again
Well, it’s April 23rd and as far as I am able to discern from where I live, no rapture has occurred. Okay, since it’s not actually the end of the day (that would be midnight), I’ll qualify with yet.
Homeopathy As Murder
I believe that the worst event in anyone’s life must be the death of a child. More specifically, your child. Of course there are diseases that scinece based medicine have yet to solve. We all know that there are thousands of scientists around the world working to eradicate diseases from HIV to cancer. I applaud those men and women working selflessly in their fields, bringing hope and a cure, where once there was only a sentence of death. Today, people live longer lives because of the strides of science in the last century.
Women: Having a Family May Be Sexism
I was actually not going to write this post because the post I’m going to briefly quote is just, well, ridiculous.
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A Con Exposed
I’m sure most of you are already aware of Dr. Oz’s appearance before congress yesterday and that he was excoriated by members of a Senate panel.
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