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Jerry Kartzinel and lying about the nature of autism
on Oct 2, 2007The following is Kevin Leitch's transcript of the open letter to Dr. Jerry Kartzinel that accompanies the video.Dear Dr. Kartzinel,We understand that in the introduction to Jenny McCarthy’s new book on autism, you describe it thusly:“Autism, as I...
Jenny McCarthy and the problem of illusions.
on Sep 23, 2007From New Scientist: Mind tricks: Six ways to explore your brainIt shows in a fun way how much and how little we know about how the brain works and something about how we can't always trust what our eyes and ears tell us, and shares the secrets of som...
The Cedillo Omnibus hearing, by the numbers
on Sep 12, 2007The following is a guest blog contributed by a gracious anonymous reader who wanted to see a summary of the Cedillo hearing coverage. There were 2,916 pages of transcript, and something like 50+ hours of audio recording. Autism Diva had hit a sort o...
Perfect, just fine
on Sep 11, 2007Perfection is a relative thing. For instance, one can have a hammer that works as perfectly as any hammer ever could, it could be perfectly balanced and the perfect weight for the person using it, the perfect shape for the task, but that perfect ham...
Dr. Frankenstein testifies
on Sep 6, 2007Kathleen has posted another one of her excellent investigative reports on the doings of Dr. Mark Geier, she titled it, "A Case of Good Gatekeeping.""Gatekeeping," for those who might not be familar with this usage, refers to allowing or denying other...
No, uniquer than that, even.
on Sep 5, 2007From the Globe and Mail an article about the whole genome of J Craig Venter:This human's life, decoded...The first two maps of the human genome, published by an international government-funded consortium and a private company in 2001, were based on a...