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Dowsing in the 21st Century: The ADE 651
Pseudoscience is an insurmountable obstacle that will never cease to exist. When I think of snake oil salesmen and charlatans, I imagine them peddling “cures” from town to town in…
My Top 5 Logical Fallacies
Often times during debate the internal logic of one’s argument is constructed in a way that makes little sense. Such ways of arguing use what’s called “Logical Fallacies“: arguments that…
The Biochemical Essence of Life: Carbon
I recently had a discussion with some friends of mine about life on other planets, a field called Astrobiology (or Exobiology) that was partly started by a hero of mine,…
The American Need to Invest in Science and Technology
Right now, the American people are experiencing the worst natural disaster in the history of their country. A kilometer deep in the Gulf of Mexico is an entire natural reserve…
Humans Create Synthetic Life
Science is undergoing the equivalent of the Cambrian explosion right now both metaphorically and literally. The summation of advances in different fields of science has created an exponential growth curve…
The Current Legalization of Marijuana is Unethical
Marijuana has been both steadily decriminalized and legalized for medical purposes in the United States since the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, where Californians voted to allow the use of…
Why Is Evolution Still Debated?
It always baffles me that to this day many people don’t believe in evolution. Even from my early days in grade school it seemed so obvious to me that human…
Do Antidepressants Really Work?
As you can see from my previous post, I rely on evidence for all of my beliefs. Currently, I’m doing a clinical round in a psychiatry department and one of…
About Science
This blog mostly covers scientific subjects. It is my understanding from my own experiences that most people don’t grasp what science is and why it is so important. For example,…