Category Archives: bad science

It is damn hard to admit you are wrong

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Sylvia McLain

And I don’t mean when you get the facts unequivocally wrong like in a pub quiz, you kind of have to say you were wrong when you find out Sylvia Plath wrote the Bell Jar after you claimed it was … Continue reading →

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Facts shmacts

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Sylvia McLain

in support of Dr. Goldacre… There is a recent controversy between Ben Goldacre and Jeremy Laurance concerning Goldacre’s ‘attack’ on health journalists. Laurance, doesn’t like it, and one of the points he brings up is that Goldacre doesn’t know the … Continue reading →

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Dumb and Dumber: the mismeasure of women

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Sylvia McLain

Oh no here we go again.. Every 5 – 10 years the good old IQ debate comes up…. and usually some minority comes out on bottom, women, African-Americans – yet no one ever asks themselves why is it that White … Continue reading →

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