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Pseudoscience On ‘How I Met Your Mother’? Noooo!
Do you watch How I Met Your Mother? You should. Why? Just friggin’ do it. It’s one of my favourite shows, and alas, it was invaded with pseudoscience in last week’s episode, ‘Baby Talk’. (Yes, I know...
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Ontario Says “No” to Cell Phone Warning Labels
And it’s the right call. For two reasons: There is no conclusive scientific data to support any adverse health risks associated with short, moderate, or long-term cell phone use. A warning label would...
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Pseudoscience for Christmas Anyone?
I don’t fly very much. And when I do, I am usually so engrossed in my headphones that I don’t bother looking at the crap they have for sale in that catalog sitting in the pouch in front of me. SkyMall...
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Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer? See What a Real Expert Says
I’ve written about the issue of cell phones and Wi-Fi and the supposed health risks associated with their use. The resounding scientific evidence shows they are perfectly safe, but the media continues...
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“There’s Probably No God. Now Stop Worrying and Enjoy Your Life.”
That’s what was postered on the side of buses in Toronto, Calgary and Montreal last year. And they are planning to do it again. The Centre for Inquiry (CFI) is launching a campaign which would see...
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Oprah Guest Chooses Alternative over Traditional Medicine. The Results are...
A few years ago, Oprah had a guest on her show by the name of Kim Tinkham. Ms. Tinkham explained that she had breast cancer, but after reading “The Secret” she decided to forgo conventional treatment...
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The Beauty of Science
Scientists don’t like pseudoscience because it diverts attention away from the awesomeness of the natural world. The natural world instills a sense of wonder in scientists because of its diversity and...
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Just so nobody panics, I’m not REALLY retiring
My last post jokingly suggested that I was considering retiring from blogging, after an xkcd cartoon summed up my feelings on the media’s science reporting. And even though I have not posted anything...
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5 Things I’ve Learned From One Year of Blogging
Happy Anniversary! A Quantum of Knowledge went online one year ago today! It seems like the older you get, the shorter the years get. Because it certainly doesn’t seem like a year since I started...
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Psychic Backing Away From $1 Million Psychic Challenge
A prolific Toronto-area psychic named “Psychic Nikki” recently made headlines by saying that she would be interested in taking the ‘Psychic Challenge’ offered by the James Randi Educational Foundation...
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