Daily Archive: November 5, 2016

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I do not want to be an inspiration- Stella Young

  Heard of Stella Young(if not  read it at wiki ) Here listen to her below [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”0″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”1″ show_youtube_icon=”1″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”false” initial_volume=”100″ disable_keyboard=”0″]8K9Gg164Bsw[/wpdevart_youtube] Transcripts of the talk   I grew up in a very small country town...

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Quackery and the conceit of the brilliant heretic

      A pervasive theme in quackery (aka “alternative” health) is the notion of the brilliant heretic. Believers argue that science is transformed by brilliant heretics whose fabulous theories are initially rejected, but ultimately accepted as the new orthodoxy. Alternative health practitioners, with no embarrassment at their own...