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How to deal with science denialists

03 Mar 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, health economics Tags: antiscience left, climate alarmism, growth of knowledge, philosophy of science, quackery, Quacks

Most climate alarmists do not separate the policy issues, the economic issues, from the science of global warming as suggested in this flowchart. Specifically, they do not ask what is the economic and social cost of global warming.

What does it mean to oppose #GMOs and #goldenrice?

21 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in environmental economics, health economics Tags: antiscience left, cranks, GMOs, Greenpeace, New Zealand Greens, precautionary principle, Quacks

Science denier bingo

11 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture, health economics Tags: antiscience left, philosophy of science, quackery, Quacks, sociology of science

The six principles of natural medicine

03 Feb 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: antiscience left, quackery, Quacks, rational irrationality, that will medicine

Homeopathy explained

16 Jan 2016 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: Quacks

Homeopathy explained

01 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: consumer fraud, cranks, homeopathy, quackery, Quacks

https://www.facebook.com/quackometer/photos/pb.331993286821644.-2207520000.1447071715./961764327177867/?type=3&src=https%3A%2F%2Fscontent-syd1-1.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-xta1%2Ft31.0-8%2F11289554_961764327177867_6517618309698921537_o.jpg&smallsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fscontent-syd1-1.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-xlt1%2Fv%2Ft1.0-9%2F11269467_961764327177867_6517618309698921537_n.jpg%3Foh%3Dd8aec2c9ac36f9a2b86b97818c9d97af%26oe%3D56B1CFF4&size=696%2C1000&fbid=961764327177867

How to get a tinfoil hat

26 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in environmental economics, health economics Tags: conspiracy theories, quackery, Quacks

https://www.facebook.com/InsufferableIntolerance/photos/pb.119810451513415.-2207520000.1445680406./550243288470127/?type=3&src=https%3A%2F%2Fscontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fhphotos-xfp1%2Fv%2Ft1.0-9%2F12033168_550243288470127_4204253454936401462_n.jpg%3Foh%3D8f81b51a671a2cbd318d9bff1eeaf116%26oe%3D56C6D1E3&size=956%2C960&fbid=550243288470127

Psychic fails to foresee court case

26 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, health economics, law and economics Tags: charlatans, consumer fraud, psychics, Quacks, welfare benefit fraud

JFK assassination conspiracy theories are still going strong, unfortunately

19 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, health economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: conspiracy theories, cranks, expressive voting, JFK conspiracy theorists, political psychology, Quacks, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, social psychology

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There are nutters in every line of work

09 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in labour economics, occupational choice Tags: cranks, quackery, Quacks

Creative destruction in homeopathic products

06 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: charlatans, consumer fraud, consumer protection, creative destruction, homeopathy, quackery, Quacks

The decline of homeopathic quackery in the NHS

04 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of information, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: homeopathy, Quacks

https://twitter.com/NightingaleC/status/501737546125410305/photo/1

The decline of outpatient attendancies at the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital: nightingale-collaboration.org/news/165-more-… #ten23 #homeopathy http://t.co/cFO4k2vIjt—
Nightingale Collab. (@NightingaleC) August 19, 2014

The rising costs of #homeopathy on the NHS: nightingale-collaboration.org/news/162-the-d… #ten23 (3/3) http://t.co/GjXkC14y3D—
Nightingale Collab. (@NightingaleC) August 19, 2014

The decline of #homeopathy on the NHS: #ten23 (2/3) http://t.co/0FcHBjtqI7—
Nightingale Collab. (@NightingaleC) August 19, 2014

The decline of #homeopathy on the NHS: #ten23 (1/3) http://t.co/BcHz8GQ7bG—
Nightingale Collab. (@NightingaleC) August 19, 2014

Five characteristics of science denial

21 Oct 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, environmental economics, health economics Tags: Anti-Science left, climate alarmists, conjecture and reputation, cranks, philosophy of science, Quacks

Behind on my homeopathic blogging

18 Oct 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, health economics Tags: consumer fraud, homeopathy, quackery, Quacks

In 1985, Obama’s science advisor John Holdren predicted that by now we’d be approaching a billion CO2-related deaths from famine

28 Aug 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: climate alarmists, cranks, doomsday profits, doomsday prophecies, global warming, Quacks

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