Great article at http://thinking-is-dangerous.blogspot.com/2009/03/responding-to-criticism-alternative-way.html A summary of how quacks have responded to criticism. Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
Archive of entries posted on March 2009
THAT dream!
from http://xkcd.com/557/ Spot on! Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
ERV, Dawkins, and Oklahoma!
SA Smith (of ERV fame) seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself after discovering that Richard Dawkins waived his fee for the recent talk that he gave at Oklahoma University. Check her blog at http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2009/03/dawkins_coup_de_grace_in_oklah.php Clearly ERV is someone you don’t want to cheese-off! Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
The MMR tragedy…the sad story continues
I cannot quite believe that Andrew Wakefield lodged a complaint to the Press Complaints Commission regarding a Sunday Times article written by Brian Deer. Reading the blog at http://holfordwatch.info/2009/03/16/andrew-wakefield-lodges-complaint-about-brian-deer-with-press-complaints-commission/, it’s clear to me that Andrew Wakefield should take full responsibility for his actions. Perhaps then he can start the recovery process to become fully rehabilitated [...]
Oklahoma! What are you doing?
Article by Greg Lukianoff over at http://richarddawkins.net/article,3656,n,n There’s something not quite right within Oklahoma’s legislature. Next thing you know, we’ll be seeing a return to witch-hunts, the Dark Ages, and to ignorance. Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
Student facing 20 years in hell
Read the article at http://richarddawkins.net/article,3654,n,n which is a repost of http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/student-facing-20-years-in-hell-1643069.html. Sayed Pervez Kambaksh (originally sentenced to death for blasphemy in Afghanistan after allegedly distributing a report that was critical of the treatment of woman under Islamic law) has been told he will now spend the next 20 years in jail. It gets even worse. [...]
Infinity
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
Love food, hate waste
Interesting website LoveFoodHateWaste http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/ Yes, as well as reducing waste and enjoying good quality food, you should also be able to save money. Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
Prince Charles, quack, quack, quack! Boo, boo, boo!
I read some of the same newspaper articles this morning as blogged by The Quackometer. One of the many, many, reasons that the British monarchy, an anachronism in a modern democracy, needs to be abolished. Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
