13 month ago
plasticbag : Ben Goldacre writes a long, brilliant and—please god—persuasive debunking of Homeopathy for The Guardian - The horror for me here is that cultural studies' critiques and examinations of the process of science are partly responsible for the public suspicion of evidence and rationality. Makes me very sad.
Rod Begbie : What's wrong with homeopathy, by Ben Goldacre | Science | The Guardian - Excellent article on homeopathy by Ben Goldacre -- not too ranty in an "all homeopathy is evil" way, rather a "homeopathy should be part of a discussion, if only for the benefits on the placebo effect, but we can't get the homeopaths to talk". Hopefully [via] #
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21 month ago
philgyford : Evolution and Religion - Darwin’s God - Robin Marantz Henig - New York Times - Why do people hold irrational, superstitious, religious views, and why does it persist over generations? Is there an evolutionary benefit? (via Kottke)
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27 month ago
plasticbag : The Web Credibility Project - Another interesting project from Stanford researching how and why people evaluate what to read or believe online.
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plasticbag : Wikipedia's (slighty) artile on Captology - Confession: My first reaction is to be horrified by the neologism. Apparently it derives from I am mostly gutted by the horror of the neologism. Apparently it derives from 'Computers As Persuasive Technologies' (CAPT-ology). If you went back to the Greek
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