Richard P Grant
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Author Archives: rpg
On treating with respect
It’s all too easy to call someone stupid when they disagree with you. Understandable, but wrong nonetheless. Some of these people, who don’t seem to understand science or reason, may be politically motivated. Others may be genuinely confused, uncertain, or … Continue reading
Posted in Homeopathy, Nonsense, Personal, Public Engagement, Video
Tagged anti, denier, homeopathy, vaccination
18 Comments
On belly button fluff
As you’ll have heard on the LabLit podcast, Jenny swabbed her belly button at the Science Online conference, all in the interests of science. You can find out why from Meg Lowman’s blog on Belly Button Diversity. Now, being the … Continue reading
On taking a good look at ourselves
Cross-posted from Naturally Selected for added controversy. Perhaps the most distinctive and powerful thing about Science is its tendency, or rather proclivity to ask searching, even uncomfortable questions. And unlike belief systems, or ideological and political and movements, or pseudoscience, … Continue reading
Posted in F1000, Politics
Tagged bias, clinical trials, drugs, medicine, ranting, science
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On peer review and trials by Twitter
(Edited to add: just three seconds after hitting ‘publish’ I saw that Girl, Interrupting, has a very fine post making some of the same points. Please read that, too.) Towards the end of last year, the day job ran an … Continue reading
Posted in F1000, Literature, Rants
Tagged f1000, literature, peer review, social media, twitter
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Albatross
Here’s number two in the penguin series. You’ll note, please, that this was about ten years before Henry’s comment thread.
On holding back the tide
Today is the Roman Catholic feast day for Canute IV, also known as Canute the Holy. This cove is not to be confused with Canute II, aka Cnut the Great. It’s Cnut the Great who, according to legend, famously failed … Continue reading
Razzmatazz
Hello folks at world! Greetings from sunny North Carolina (yes, ‘sunny’), where men are real men, women are real women, and science bloggers come to pay homage to the blogfather. Yup, it’s Science Online 2011, where I am but one … Continue reading
Posted in Scio11
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Songbird
Because I was looking for something else, I was reminded of something very silly that I did in the MRC-LMB in Cambridge. Something that was a hit at the time (and we’re talking the year 2000) but has since disappeared … Continue reading
On Popper
I have to say, I disagree with Jenny’s post, and I’m going to disprove the alternative hypothesis for eight minutes.
