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: badscience
That awful pee lady
This is another archival repost of something posted on the old blog in 2007. What is it with Channel 4 and the examination of excretions? During How Toxic Are Your Kids (C4, Thurs 8pm) I had to check the television … Continue reading
Posted in shouting at my radio
Tagged badjournalism, badscience, channel 4, media, reviews, sarah beeny, television
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Help! Help! I’m being repressed
(This is another archival repost of something written on the old blog a few years ago.) I’ve been catching up with about a month of blogosphere this weekend, after travelling, and other distractions. I managed to catch a discarded copy … Continue reading
Posted in shouting at my radio
Tagged alternative medicine, badscience, ben goldacre, homeopathy, homophobia, medicine, politics, pseudoscience, rustum roy, science, the guardian
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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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Lay Science: Lies, damned lies, and tissue culture
Skepticism is about critical thinking and knowing how to avoid being fooled by charlatans and the honest but mistaken. Over at Lay Science I explain one way that you can get fooled: by people citing the activities of cells in … Continue reading
Posted in lay science
Tagged badscience, biology, cancer, cell biology, hiv, medicine, molecular biology, science, skepticism, tissue culture
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