Orac over at Repectful Insolence has an interesting piece about the mindset of the hard-core anti-vaccination crowd.
What it boils down to is similar to the title of this post. Regardless of the amount of data that are presented to these people, the… more »
...or at least seriously maimed by allowing them to catch Polio or Measles. She's been at this for a while, but today Time has an article online where they quote a couple of her gems that are worse than usual:
I do believe sadly it's going to take some… more »
The Bad Astronomer and Cocktail Party Physics talk about how to deal with purveyors or believers of woo in social situations.
I suppose that I've been lucky that most of my family and friends don't really fall for stuff like astrology, aliens, homeopa… more »