DJ Jaffe is an advocate for mo’ better outpatient community psych programs.
Psych programs are fertile ground for some junk science concepts for sure.
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NY Psych Industry Pushing Something that's Crazy
I won’t go into too long a lecture about the stupidity of this proposal to close the NY State Psych Hospitals,
but someone in the psych industry needs to have his head examined.
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Stealin' from Climate Depot
You all probably know I get the Marc Morano/CFACT/climate depot listing of good papers on climate, usually every day.
So I go in and look and then re-post with an intro. I figure it’s ok because I am their friend and ally.
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Is Orwellian Speech a form of JunkScience?
When a word or concept is twisted or misused to deceive, is that Orwellian?
Junk Science is dishonesty in the business of intellectual inquiry that results in bad conclusions or policy decisions.
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Violence Increases on UK Campuses
Yesterday we were given an example of masked torch bearers invading the yard of a pipeline exec.
http://junkscience.com/2014/02/12/torches-and-pitchforks/
Today a report on extremist incidents increasing on UK Campuses.
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Temp Reminder
Lord Monckton reminded me by way of Joe Bast that the graph on temps is quite striking.
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NY gone Red
You think I am a paranoid person, well take a look at actions by the socialist Republic of New York City.
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Let's talk some more Taubes
Some reacted negatively to my applause for Gary Taubes.
Let’s discuss.
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Torches and Pitchforks
Recently I got into it with a commenter who asserted the well intentioned enviros go to the demonstrations.
Sure. But.
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Junk Numbers on Unemployment and the Uninsured
Politics can produce junkscience economics/social sciences numbers that confuse public health policy and prevent proper solutions.
Gotta have a good diagnosis to develop a good treatment.
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Josh Bloom on Hep C Drug Development Problems
Josh Bloom PhD, was once in the Pharma Science Biz as I recall. Now he works at American Council on Science and Health.
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Common Core Problems
Joy Pullmann at Heartland put up a note that made sense about the current Common Core wars.
Common Core is not the reason for everything that’s wrong in public school pedagogy.
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