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Tag Archives: alternative medicine
Science never showed that smoking was safe
“Science used to say that smoking was safe, so why should we ‘trust the science’ when it says that vaccines are safe and effective, climate change is real, or GMOs are safe?” This is one of the most common excuses … Continue reading
Posted in Nature of Science
Tagged alternative medicine, Bad arguments, cancer, evaluating evidence, logical fallacies
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How well do you understand placebo effects?
“Placebo effect” is a term that almost everyone knows but few seem to understand. Misconceptions about placebo effects are rampant and usually center around the idea that a placebo effect occurs when you feel better because you thought a treatment … Continue reading
Posted in Vaccines/Alternative Medicine
Tagged alternative medicine, Bad arguments, evaluating evidence, placebos
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Naturopaths use deceptive tactics to support pseudoscience
Earlier this year, a new review paper was published claiming to show evidence that naturopathy was effective (Myers et al. 2019). I’m a bit late to the game on this one, but I still want to briefly talk about this … Continue reading
Acupuncture is just a placebo
Acupuncture is an extremely popular form of complementary alternative medicine (CAM) that has even worked its way into many “integrative” hospitals. It is also fiercely defended by its believers. Unfortunately, it is not well defended by actual evidence, so I … Continue reading
Is it likely that alternative medicine works? The importance of prior probability
Prior probability is basically just the plausibility of a result, given everything else we know about the universe. In other words, when evaluating a hypothesis or a study, you should weigh your confidence in the result not only on the … Continue reading
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