About the author
Geek and nerd Joe D has in the past studied genetics, molecular and cell biology, worked in cancer research, and made contemptuous amounts of money from incompetently composed photographs. The views expressed on this weblog are not his own; rather, he stole them from you through mind invasion.
Tag Archives: bad arguments
Church leader declares crackpot ideas, gets free air time
This is another archival repost from the old blog — this one from March 2008. Wow, a slow news day, eh? The BBC, shunning predictable Chinese military aggression, another turn of the tides in Iraq, and yet more boring news … Continue reading
Posted in shouting at my radio
Tagged bad arguments, badjournalism, catholic church, hybrid embryos, keith o-brien, politics, radio 4, religion, science
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Sir David was wrong
Another in the ongoing project to archive posts from an old blog – this one from february 2009. Not in the television programme — well, I don’t know, I haven’t seen it yet due to pesky tennis fans capturing the … Continue reading
Posted in shouting at my radio
Tagged bad arguments, biology, darwin200, david attenborough, evolution, genetics, human evolution, science
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Broadcast
This is an archival re-post of something written last summer on the old blog. Any Questions, one half of BBC Radio 4′s weekly foray into the realm of mindless US-style talk radio bigotry, this week invited a panel of historians, … Continue reading
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Tagged any questions, bad arguments, bad journalism, media, publishing, radio 4, rod liddle, technology, twitter, web2.0
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A short note on sweatshops
I want to take a short diversion from normal service to add to the occasional series “arguments so bad my jaw literally drops.” I have forgotten exactly what radio programme I heard it on, but it was probably one of … Continue reading
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Tagged bad arguments, economics, media, politics, radio 4, sweatshops
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Lay Science: Further research is necessary
The paper that initiated the great MMR hoax has been thoroughly discredited and retracted by the journal that published it, but the anti-vaxxers still claim — and hoodwink some parents — that more research is required to establish whether or … Continue reading
Posted in lay science
Tagged alternative medicine, bad arguments, badscience, logical fallacies, philosophy of science, science, skepticism
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