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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

progressoid

(49,945 posts) Mon May 1, 2017, 01:51 PM May 2017

An oldie but a goodie: The Red Flags of Quackery.

FROM http://sci-ence.org/red-flags2/

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An oldie but a goodie: The Red Flags of Quackery. (Original Post) progressoid May 2017 OP

This isn't fantastic. Have you seen this write up by Harriet Hall? HubbleSN May 2017 #1

Mostly ThoughtProvoker May 2017 #2

HubbleSN

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1. This isn't fantastic. Have you seen this write up by Harriet Hall?

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Tue May 2, 2017, 12:10 PM

May 2017

http://www.csicop.org/si/show/defending_science-based_medicine_44_doctor-bashing_arguments_and_rebuttals

ThoughtProvoker

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2. Mostly

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Fri May 12, 2017, 01:12 PM

May 2017

Mostly good advice.

The book one is a bit off, though. Books are a perfectly valid way of promoting an idea or view. For example, Charles Darwin used the book format to introduce his hypothesis regarding evolution.

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