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And now for something completely different: biblical autism

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

A strange abstract showed up in my pubmed search the other day: the paper Newer insights to the neurological diseases among biblical characters of old testament. A friend sent me the paper recently, but it turns out the paper is free on pubmed. From the abstract you can see that one of the claims is [...]

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What would you expect if you gave $1,500 to an “autism” charity

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

If you do a Google search for SafeMinds the link you get says “SafeMinds Autism Mercury Thimerosal”. SafeMinds considers itself to be a part of the “Autism Collaboration” (which, as far as I can tell, is the group that is supporting Andrew Wakefield now that he has lost his job with Thoughful House). A member [...]

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Montagnier and the Autism Treatment Trust

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

This summer the Nobel Prizewinner, Luc Montagnier, seemed to lend credibility to homeopathy. French virologist Luc Montagnier stunned his colleagues at a prestigious international conference when he presented a new method for detecting viral infections that bore close parallels to the basic tenets of homeopathy. Although fellow Nobel prize winners—who view homeopathy as quackery—were left [...]

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Gender Genie: JB Handley’s Results

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

In amongst the fun and games of “I’m Bonnie” something that JB Handley said intrigued me. Sullivan claims to be a man, and is actually a woman. Anyone who reads dozens of Sullivan’s posts, as I have, would probably reach the same conclusion. It’s hard to hide your gender when you write… I wondered what [...]

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