This one just hurts my head. When antiscience kills: dowsing edition Posted using ShareThis The Iraq government is transitioning from bomb sniffing dogs at roadblocks to Canadian dowsing rods. That's right, the jokers protecting US Soldiers are ditching an effective means of bomb detection in favor of magic. If that's the kind of brain dead thinking that dominates over there, then they ...

New York Times - By Janet Maslin - Nov. 09 (Review) - The term “denialism,” used by Mr. Specter as an all-purpose, pop-sci buzzword, is defined by him as what happens “when an entire segment of society, often struggling with the trauma of change, turns away from reality in favor of a more comfortable lie.” In this hotly argued yet data-filled diatribe, Mr. Specter skips past some of the ...

... , and then have refused to acknowledge or apologize for their misrepresentations. In response the environmental community – lacking both the resources and sense of common purpose more typical of the antiscience crowd – has been ineffective in launching countercriticism. (p. 130 paperback) This is certainly something we have seen in discussions here. Deniers like Dan Pangburn trot out ...

... news: you need to get people's attention and fast. It started in TV news, with sensationalist coverage (Al Capone's vault anyone?) and the internet has embraced the format. I also think the rampant antiscience sentiment in a lot of the US, combined with a lack of proper science education has promoted a generation (or more) that either (a) doesn't care about science and/or (b) doesn&# ...

... ;s true. They must be taking hundreds of events, the 5 lobbyists to every 1 member of Congress ratio, hundreds of millions of dollars spent fighting this, and a coordinated strategy out of context. When antiscience kills: dowsing edition The Bad Astronomy blog looks into dowsers, the completely bullshit practice of using Y-shaped sticks to divine water or gold, and how Iraq is spending millions, ...

... is as insane, and in its way deadly, as Thabo Mbeki's AIDS denialism. US conservatism have their global warming denial and evolution psychoses, liberals have their antivaxers, but it's nice to know that antiscience lunacy is not just for Americans. China's fear of a black president ?otD: Which way to Pismo Beach? 11/15/2009 Body movement: Not yet, but upcoming 60 minute urban walk ...