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![]() ![]() Find the latest TV reviews, photos, videos and clips, news, local listings and more on MSN TV. Thomas Sowell was born in North Carolina and grew up in Harlem. As with many others in his neighborhood, Thomas Sowell left home early and did not finish high school. The Daily Vet is a blog featuring veterinarians from all walks of life. Every week they will tackle entertaining, interesting, and sometimes difficult topics in the. ![]() Sheldon Lee Cooper, B.S., M.S., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D., is a Caltech theoretical physicist who formerly shared an apartment with his colleague and best friend. Get the latest weird news stories from all over the world. Find bizarre and offbeat news about people, nature and unexplained mysteries at ABC News. I continue to write THE UNBELIEVABLE GWENPOOL, the ongoing series about how normal person from a normal world somehow survives in the Marvel universe. World News on UFOs, Bigfoot, the Paranormal, and Other Mysteries at the Edge of Science. THE. ANOMALIST IS A DAILY REVIEW OF WORLD NEWS ON MAVERICK SCIENCE. UNEXPLAINED MYSTERIES, UNORTHODOX THEORIES, STRANGE TALENTS, AND. UNEXPECTED DISCOVERIES. NOTICE: News stories appear in new browser windows. Stories are not. archived; links may expire without notice. Clemens. EHIC Renew. European Health Card. Free European Health Card. A Wiki. Leaks- leaked email dated January 1. Edgar Mitchell . The text mixes together an impressive number of rather catchy elements, and seeks a meeting with Podesta. A second email, coincidentally dated on the 1. August, seeks a Skype interview. No meeting ever occurred, according to one of Mitchell's collaborators, says Geekwire's Aerospace and Science Editor Alan Boyle in How Aliens and Apollo Astronaut Edgar Mitchell got Tangled up in Wiki. Leaks Emails. Was Podesta seriously interested in discussing ? We feel on firmer ground with The Truth is (Not) Out There: How the Australian Government Stopped Investigating UFO. Australian Department of Defence documents depict a policy change carried out with as little fanfare as possible, by sidestepping the media while alerting Australian UFO groups that henceforth UFO reports to the military would be routed to them. Alexander Koltypin, a geologist and director of the Natural Science Research Center at Moscow’s International Independent University of Ecology and Politology is staking his career on this claim. Asking the question- -Who or what was this civilization?- -he admits further study would require far more resources, archeologists and geologists than he has at his disposal. Featured guest Dr Laurence Browne discusses his thesis on the subject of coincidences, and for those of you who think you know all there is to know about this topic, prepare to be schooled. If you want to learn more after that, Helen Greaves: Reflections about 'Spiritual Inter- Communication' details numerous examples of what skeptics would call coincidences, but which the learned among us know to be more than that. The Dissolving Veil (1. Helen's uncovering of her skills as a medium and the interconnections throughout her life as a result. Our next review comes courtesy of The Magonia Blog titled Beast: Werewolves, Serial Killers and Man- Eaters, the Mystery of the Monsters of the G. Focused around bloody attacks in France in the mid 1. Beast finds its facts in the archives of police and newspaper reports, and assesses the resulting glut of material in a professional and scientific manner. Sounds like a wonderful read for Hallowe'en night. For those of our readers with a more jittery outlook, may we direct you to Philosophical Monsters Ship in Black Boxes. Esoterx pokes fun, and holes, in the mindset of the scientific method, asking for a more open minded assessment of the paranormal and the unusual, instead of focusing entirely on the desired comfortable outcome aka debunking. Rich Reynolds wonders why no one has used a NASA computer program called VISAR to declutter the famous Roswell Ramey memo. Rich modifies this particular proposal in Another (Better?) Way to Decipher the Ramey Memo. In Did Lonnie Zamora See Alien Creatures? Kevin Randle continues to mull over elements of the Socorro case, trying to reconstruct what Lonnie Zamora said, when, and why, regarding whether . But Why All the Confusion about the 1. Socorro UFO Sighting? Rich reports that Spanish ufologist Jose Antonio Caravaca has uncovered the existence of an apparently hitherto unknown . Holder allegedly had talked Officer Zamora into altering a drawing of the actual symbol he had seen on the side of the . We look forward to his next post. In another sociological pondering, David Halperin considers UFOs in Israel - - Aliens, the . The article describes a book by an Israeli anthropologist who presents an unflattering if not inaccurate view of the history of ufology in Israel. Like Ouellet in Illuminations: The UFO Experience as a Parapsychological Event, Halperin and the Israeli thinkers he mentions try to find correlations between important non- ufological events, their effect on the society, and the influence of both on the community's perception of UFOs. In yet another aspect of society's relationship to UFO phenomena, Micah Hanks wonders regarding Missing Aircraft and Unidentified Flying Objects: Is there Any Legitimate Connection? Previous cases when airplanes disappeared in the apparent presence of a UFO furnish precedents for otherwise unsupported suggestions of ET involvement in mysterious aircraft disappearances. What is philosophy but the antithesis of science, should you believe Tyson, Nye, Hawking, et. Yet this highly popular method for understanding the natural world's been turned into a philosophy, squashing the humanities, religion, and forteana since it's heresy to question . There is some hope in a recent gathering held at Dartmouth College, and Adam Frank had a chance to watch them promote interdisciplinary cooperation far from Trump- esque positivist blowhards. Not to say the other side of the aisle lacks its own brand of demogogues. John Horgan reflects upon What Happens When A Skeptical Science Writer Meets A Cult Leader but the narrative here isn't what you'd expect, even in the context of Horganism. While science- as- you- know- it might be on the ropes, nose bloodied and broken with eyes swollen shut, science can take it. If you thought only fringey mavericks embraced anything quantum to handwave challenging questions, you're in for a rude wake- up call. There is cause for skepticism, as Brent cites the sketchy Everyday Chemistry tale and its recorded . If 'Parallel Travel Machines' do exist, with tech indistinguishable from magic, possibly making their pilots akin to our witches and wizards. Would they be vindictive enough to curse those who cross them? For your consideration, courtesy of the celebrated Chris Woodyard, is The Devil Is In That Cow with callbacks to ancient fairy traditions encouraging folks to be kind and generous to strangers, lest they face the consequences. No matter where humans go, we'll bring our traditions and superstitions with us. Australia is no outlier as Candace Sutton presents The Secret Objects Hidden In Your Walls To Trap Evil Spirits in the form of witch marks, children's boots, and unfortunate cats. Greg Bishop reports in Ufology Roundtable - - An Oblique Kick in the UFO Butt on a discussion he had with Michael Hughes, Seriah Azkath, and Josh Cutchin in his show of October 4th. Considered: a wide spectrum of ways to become personally involved with the UFO subject and whatever causes it. Rich Reynolds takes a page from Thomas Aquinas' De Ente et Essentia and UFOs to make a philosophical but he feels real distinction between the Being of UFOs and their Essence. Reynolds argues that ufologists focus on the Essence of UFOs, generally messing up the discussion with an ETH explanation that is only one remote possibility, while skeptics deal with the distinct Being component. Heavy stuff, but we'll hope for more in another blog. From corpse- white specimens to battle- scarred whales, the evidence is plain but how big can these suckers get? Malcom Smith's done the math, and they measure up with the tallest tales shared over the centuries. Haven't you heard about The Big Ones That Got Away? You're in luck as there are plenty of fish stories, made all- the- less fishy with hard evidence. Maybe not so hard, since tentacles and globsters can be quite squishy. While they weren't reborn with their original family, the bond between two souls strengthened by reincarnating as twins. Siva Kumar's tale from anecdotal is the family reunion, suggesting souls can choose where and when they return to the land of the living. Annalisa Ventola invites you to Take Part In An Online Psychic Research Study to test your psi aptitude. Regardless if you passed, you are cordially Invited To The Applied Precognition Festival this November. Remote viewing is the topic du jour and if your mind is clear there's a chance to win some cash. G'wan and stick it to the skeptics who say psychics don't use their powers to pad their pockets. Take Col Bailey giving The Daily Telegraph an earful about why he's 1. Tasmanian tiger's still out there. One of the thylacine's cousins has been spotted in America's Rust Belt after Deputies Caught A Kangaroo Out For An Evening Stroll. Nobody would hold it against a Hoosier if they mistook this baby for a dogman. Speaking of which, Lon Strickler's caught wind of a Possible Dogman On The Virginia Peninsula. As eyewitness Marv points out, this entity looked more like an upright german shepherd than a wolf. Rounding out our menagerie, Nick Redfern returns to the land of 1,0. Giant Frogs On The Loose In Minnesota dontchaknow. You betcha these frogs are the kind you'd see in schlocky 5. Uncle Olaf's secret lutefisk recipe. If that doesn't give you the willies, the story behind this spooky snap will make you turn on all the lights. But Is Spirit Photography Even Possible, or just fraud? More than a few vintage daguerrotypes, tintypes, and photos were faked before people knew Adobe was more than a type of brick. Icy Sedgwick considers the good and the bad so you can decide for yourself. Since October's begun, let's gather 'round the campfire for scary stories. The good Doctor Beachcombing gets the party rolling with The Witch, The Hand, And The Demon Eckerken where poor Sibylla admitted . Perhaps it's all the more interesting because the protagonist of the story fancies himself a researcher of all things strange- -someone to whom we can relate. But it's not that common for monster lore to be presented for public consumption. The Art Of The Monster reviews Christopher Dell's book, Monsters: A Bestiary of the Bizarre. A collection of images of monsters old and new, this publication leaves much to be sorted out by the individual reader, continuing to anchor the beasts very firmly in the realm of mystery. Hegde's Article in The Hindu. This article is a rebuttal to the article Modern Medicine Has Given Illness Care a Miss by Dr. Hegde in the Open Page of The Hindu, dated February 1. Hegde begins his article with some quotations by famous people, and offers them as evidence that medicine in the past was better than it is today: The quote below is one of the many brilliant sayings of that great brain, Sir William Osler. Hegde, I guess you forgot to mention that this was intended for the quacks who call their wares “medicine”. I challenge you to never take any medicines. Also, William Osler has also said this: “The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.”In the 2. I could only echo that great sentiment as a truism, despite all the tall talk about the “so- called” evidence- based medicine. Napoleon Bonaparte went one step further, but one could argue that he was not a physician. He was at the receiving end of such a medical practice when he died. What was medicine then? It was not what we have today! There was not much useful or factual there in “Medicine” in those days. It involved primitive practices like Leeching, Blood letting, Purging, etc. No wonder people tried to come up with all kinds of “alternatives”. Evidence Based Scientific Medicine (EBSM) has marched on tremendously in the past 1. If I could point out a proverb in Tamil, “Aayiram paerai konnaathaan, ara vaithiyan!” (it’s only when you kill a thousand people that one can become even half a doctor) – that was medicine for you in those days. Trial and error; no proper scientific methodology. That was the basis of your “ancient medicine”. The latest science says uncertainty is the only certainty in the world. This is truer in medical science. Really? Is there any uncertainty about what causes Malaria? Or what is the reason for Down’s syndrome or the fact that Rickets is caused by Vitamin D deficiency, or that Nyctalopia (Night blindnesss) is caused by Vitamin A deficiency? I wonder which “medical science” you are talking about. I am sure you are referring to the medical “science” of S. C. A. M. s (So- called Complementary & Alternative Medicines) and not Evidence Based Scientific Medicine (EBSM). A proverb is a short sentence based on a long experience. If that were so, this one from Voltaire would take the cake: “The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”Again, just imagine what was the level of advancement of “medicine” during Voltaire’s times, viz. That would explain why the great man said that. The same Voltaire has also said, “A witty saying proves nothing!”. Time and again, I have written in my articles elsewhere that our evidence base has been built on loose sand. Have you provided any good evidence for this allegation? Even assuming it is built on loose sand, that doesn’t mean you start questioning its basic principles. Our endeavour must be to strengthen the foundation, to tighten that “loose sand”. The evidence base is the ONLY way to a better system. And as with everything scientific, the “evidence base” is not any infallible and unquestionable dogma! The quest for betterment is a never- ending process that is constantly scrutinized rigorously and in the process ironing out the flaws, accepting newer evidence and discarding proven false or spurious evidence. Perhaps you can read about Barry Marshall to find out how important it is to provide evidence before your hypothesis is taken seriously. Of course, no one seems to take it seriously. Yes sir! A study by researchers in a respectable U. S. To cite an example, anti- diabetic drugs are usually compared with sugar filled placebo capsules! Many such glaring criminal activities have come to light now in the field of “Evidence- based medicine” of today! Image via Flickr user Tulane Public Relations by Creative Commons License. Do you realize what you have just said? I hope you are blaming the individual trials and not the method. If it’s the former, then you are entitled and even upright about it; but in case you are trying to deride the method itself then I am afraid that your argument is a weak one. I would like to point out once again that SCIENCE IS SELF- CORRECTING. There is nothing dogmatic about science. That is the beauty of “Evidence Based” science. Even the fact that there were some unscrupulous practices going on was found out because of the rigorous, unyielding and unbiased methods of science. Recently, I had a message from one of my students, who is a leading dermatologist in India doing innovative research. In dermatology evidence is found only in 2. All molecular biology companies come with an offer to give authorship if we buy their equipment for our laboratory! Doesn’t that mean that most molecular biology studies are prototype and try to find out how what is known fits into their study?”So what? How can that equate to “Evidence Based Scientific Medicine is flawed”? The evidence in this case is bad. And let me reassure you that the inherent, self- correcting methods of science will iron out the flaws in due course of time. Haven’t you heard of drugs being recalled, for example? There is a regulatory body, and perhaps there may be evil, corrupt individuals in those. But all of them are accountable and they eventually get found out, sooner rather than later. The foundations of our evidence in modern medicine like the statistical risk calculations, (especially the relative risk reductions in place of absolute risk reductions that are sold to gullible doctors in most of the “scientific” articles without mentioning the NNT figures) and, the RCTs, which have no true science base, are very shaky, indeed. Now are you accusing the foundation itself to be flawed? I agree that the “Big, Evil” Pharma companies might indulge in these kinds of shady activities. But have you ever wondered why they still keep talking in terms of RCTs, etc? That is because these are the only methods to assess efficacy accurately. Can you envision any other more valid method? But when a Professor like you doesn’t understand it, how can we expect the general crowd to? The key remains not in deriding the method but in educating the doctors and the consumers about how to assess claims and analyze the research methodologies. A dose of skepticism is what we need to prescribe. I suggest you read the book “Bad Science” by Dr. In fact, if I could, I would make this book a compulsory subject for all school students! We need to have a new science of man, which is sadly missing in this whole bargain. New science? It is either science or it is nonsense, period. There is nothing like ancient science, medieval science, modern science, Indian science, Chinese science, Islamic science, voodoo science, or occult science. Anything that follows the scientific method is science. The rest is mere pretence. Let us continue: Physics changed in 1. Again, so what? General relativity may have superceded Newtonian physics, BUT for basic purposes and practical ease, Newtonian physics is still good enough unless you want to pick on the nitty gritties. Don’t tell me it is totally useless. It still gives fairly good understanding for all basic purposes. And your point that the “same old physical laws” are being used for our statistics is a non sequitur. Things won’t change much if we use the newer methods. It’s not that if we apply the latest, cutting edge physical laws, then automatically all the S. C. A. M. s will be validated while EBSM will be discredited. But hey, why don’t you try it? Matter is not made up of matter. Matter and energy are interchangeable. Notions of “quantum consciousness” have been debunked. Let’s restate what you have said, shall we? How can molecules communicate with one another? Then what about the molecules in an inanimate object? Are they any different from those in lifeforms? You are credulous to the core, and I hope you learn some critical thinking skills. What is the science base of our reductionism, organ based specialisation and our reliance on Mendelian inheritance? The proof lies in the pudding. These concepts have been proven to be working. Instead of trying to rehash the existing evidence base, it is better to think of a new evidence base for health and illness. Well, nothing wrong with that. All the progress everywhere is exactly because of this. And, this is in fact a key feature of science! A new evidence base that you are advocating is indeed worthwhile. But rest assured that unless the current concepts are “DIS”proved, they will remain. The aim is not in formulating dogmatic theories and sticking obdurately to them, but in better understanding of medical science. Newer evidence is always welcome. In fact, any newer evidence that might contradict the existing concepts will be thoroughly investigated and gladly accepted if it stands up to rigorous scrutiny. So, if you really have some . Let’s see how they stack up to current knowledge. Health is a state where each human body cell is in sync with other cells. Illness is when this communication breaks down. You have merely rehashed those ancient concepts of biles and phlegms into a new- age version of “communication and sync between molecules”. Now, that’s an assertion and a statement. Thank you. We need a new non- linear, holistic, dynamic, scientific base for future medical research. Only the Scientific part is essential. It will definitely encompass useful contributions (if any) from the other mentioned parts. Nature has provided a robust repair mechanism inside the human system –May be robust, but not ALWAYS satisfactorily complete. And for your kind information, cancer is “natural” too.– which has been weakened by our modern lifestyle. So, blame the modern lifestyle. Don’t blame the science. And in fact, even this information is a result of a SCIENTIFIC inquiry. Even though both Claude Bernard and Louis Pasteur did note that the “terrain is more important than the seed” we have gone the whole hog on the seed, risk factors, and what have you.
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