Let's use evidence (not intuition, semantics, politics, or dogma) to navigate 'belief,' 'knowledge,' and 'science.'

image source Recently, Adam Blankenbicker asked me to contribute my thoughts for a post he was preparing on "believing in science....

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Ignoring our ignorance

Seeing more Two pieces interesting in their own right herein collide.  Here's a video from the NYT about an enhanced technique that allo...

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Does Social Media Advance Medical Knowledge?

According to a recent paper, the answer is absolutely! A survey was distributed via email to a random sample of 1695 practicing physicians ...

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Adam’s rib and the sanctity of Knowledge

Anne and Ken are still away, but they’ll be back very soon. When they are, I hope they’ll write about this new Nature article . In the meant...

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