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    The Ideological Subversion of Biology | Skeptical Inquirer - 11 month(s) ago

    SUMMARY: Biology faces a grave threat from “progressive” politics that are changing the way our work is done, delimiting areas of biology that are taboo and will not be funded by the government or published in scientific journals, stipulating what words biologists must avoid in their writing, an …

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      The Ideological Subversion of Biology https://t.co/JfZRZVt6f1 via @skeptinquirer & @Evolutionistrue et al

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    Inside The UFC’s Pseudoscience Crisis | Skeptical Inquirer - 12 month(s) ago

    It’s hard work beating people up for a living. A professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter typically trains year-round, fusing fighting disciplines such as boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, and Brazilian Ju Jitsu with concurrent resistance and endurance training. They must carefully balance str …

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      RT @DrCamRx: The UFC, unlike the US Olympic Training Center, falls for pseudoscience like ice baths: https://t.co/FNMtVAgxYf https://t.co/…

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    Homeopathy Research Hits New Low | Skeptical Inquirer - 1 year(s) ago

    “Homeopathy in Cancer Patients: Almost Too Good to Be True.” That was the headline of an article in the October 23, 2022, issue of the Austrian weekly news magazine Profil reporting on an investigation by the Austrian Agency for Scientific Integrity (OeAWI) (Schönberger 2022). The subject of the …

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      Homeopathy Research Hits New Low https://t.co/xj8Vi3HvQF via @skeptinquirer "...there are numerous breaches of scientific integrity in the study, as reported in the publication. Several of the results can only be explained by data manipulation or falsification."

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    Can We Trust Peer Review Journals? | Skeptical Inquirer - 1 year(s) ago

    In January of this year, I received an email from an editor at the journal Frontiers in Marine Science inviting me to join the editorial board: “Having looked at your research, we think you could make an excellent addition to our editorial board.” This was quite flattering, but if they had actua …

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      RT @RetractionWatch: “Can We Trust Peer Review Journals?” https://t.co/l0YgyyZ1gp https://t.co/BMyZnMBhkJ

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    Can We Trust Peer Review Journals? | Skeptical Inquirer - 1 year(s) ago

    In January of this year, I received an email from an editor at the journal Frontiers in Marine Science inviting me to join the editorial board: “Having looked at your research, we think you could make an excellent addition to our editorial board.” This was quite flattering, but if they had actua …

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      'I received an email from an editor at the journal Frontiers in Marine Science inviting me to join the editorial board... But there is one problem: I have never studied marine science or published anything on the topic' https://t.co/fEeruF6zs0 @FrontiersIn https://t.co/iYnhDAW0rS

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    Ten Health and Wellness Fallacies Every Skeptic Should Know | Skeptical Inquirer - 2 year(s) ago

    If my recent work as a health and wellness skeptic could be distilled into a single message, it would be this: Marketing companies understand our biases better than we do. In a commercialist culture, saturated by big business and bad science, I believe this to be a fundamental lesson in determin …

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      Ten Health and Wellness Fallacies Every Skeptic Should Know https://t.co/PTSOMOCUDt via @skeptinquirer & @NBTiller

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      Good list! Ten Health & Wellness Fallacies Every Skeptic Should Know https://t.co/PxrKfcAKri by @NBTiller via @skeptinquirer Including: - Appeal to Tradition - Appeal to Nature - Blinding with Science - False Dichotomy - Appeal to Anecdote - Popularity #ScienceUpFirst!

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    How to Sell Pseudoscience | Skeptical Inquirer - 2 year(s) ago

    We live in interesting times. Humanity’s scientific knowledge has grown exponentially, allowing us to live longer, healthier lives than ever. Due to technological advances, we have access to nearly all that knowledge on devices we carry in our pockets. Yet at the same time, health pseudoscience …

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      How to Sell Pseudoscience https://t.co/MTEG9ng64F via @skeptinquirer & @Thinkingpowers https://t.co/qpfa47J5mi

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