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Carol Tavris kicks ass. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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Rachel Dunlop: alternative medicine shown to work is just medicine. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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Re: Semen being low-carb: "Will this blow my Atkins diet? S. Novella #tam2012
November 27, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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Barrett: television co-opts our evolved attention getting mechanism by continuing to show us novel things. #tam2012
November 27, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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Same here. RT @doctortwirls: I would skip dinner entirely to let Carol Tavris keep on talking. #TAM2012
November 27, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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Do it! #tam2012 needs more awesome academic chicks! RT @scurvygirl: Science cafe! Also now pondering TAM again because of @seelix.
November 29, 2024 at 5:30 AM
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.@GeorgeHrab, that is. Ipad thinks that harb is a word. RT @seelix: .@GeorgeHrab's intros are worth the price of admission. #tam2012
November 27, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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Susana Martinez-Conde speaking about neuroscience & illusion, similar to TAM2012 talk. Jerry Andrus illusion.
November 21, 2024 at 7:12 PM
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Bye, #tam2012!
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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SSA grew from 119-258, or by 139 groups; CRU from 1491 to 1742, or by 251 groups. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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I don't like that SSA/CRU comparison on relative % growth when CRU still wins on abs # growth. Not winning yet. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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The Asch conformity effect can actually affect perception, not just responses. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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Nice demonstration of the Asch effect. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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The biggest obstacle of Skeptoid is personal experience, says @BrianDunning, complementing Novella's talk from yesterday. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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Novella: FTC may be more effective than FDA in going after bogus health claims (via false advertising). #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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There are often a few positive studies (preliminary, small, weak controls) for any treatment, by chance, bias, error. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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Cherry picking the positive studies for homeopathy out of a metaanalysis is *undoing* the analysis, not science. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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Doctors tend not to know what homeopathy actually claims; often equate w/herbal medicine. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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Dunlop: Homeopathic midwifery course in AU. Novella: Only push a little? #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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Gorski: Taxol a legit drug which came from tree bark. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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Hall: Alt med as a term covered everything including potentially legit things like herbal medicine; "CAM" introduced around '90. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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Novella: Wally Sampson says the old terms were "health fraud" and "quackery," prior to the 70s. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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"Integrative medicine" a newer term for alt med or CAM. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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Gorski: CAM is a marketing label on practices not shown to work or shown not to work. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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David Gorski: there is medicine shown to work, medicine not shown to work, and medicine shown not to work. #tam2012
November 21, 2024 at 6:59 PM