Por qué la gente confía en tratamientos inútiles.
De Legos a Logos,
PLoS ONE (no tengo idea por qué las mayúsculas así; debe ser un acrónimo de algo) es una journal libre y gratuito que brinda…
Being Right is Not Enough
Skeptic North,
Perhaps you’ve experienced this… you’re talking to someone who believes in ESP, or homeopathy, or some other irrational woo. …
Cultural success of ineffective treatments
Just Another Deisidaimon,
Why do good people use bad medicines?
Beyond the Short Coat,
Hat tip goes to Epiphenom who wrote about this article on Friday. Dr…
Bum sugar, or why bad ideas persist
cxlxmxrx,
A few weeks ago, one of my instructors was telling us about the treatments they used to perform in hospitals for ulcers, which…
Mathematically modeling why quackery persists
Science-Based Medicine,
It’s often puzzled me (and, I daresay, many other skeptics…