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Review: "Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)" by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
I’m just back from a very relaxing break in which I re-read the absolutely outstanding book “Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)” by psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson. It … more →
Don't Get Fooled Again
Review: "Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me)" by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
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Richard Wilson wrote 4 months ago: I’m just back from a very relaxing break in which I re-read the absolutely outstanding book … more →
Pocket journalism: Telegraph hack Con Coughlin goes into bat for torture
Richard Wilson wrote 6 months ago: In the early days of the Iraq war, Telegraph columnist Con Coughlin was famously obliging in dissemi … more →
Daily Mail gets fooled again by Booker's quack-journalism
Richard Wilson wrote 6 months ago: Another corking piece of journo-quackery from Christopher Booker, this time in the Daily Mail. All t … more →
Skeptics in the Pub - evidence-based-policy-making versus policy-based-evidence-making
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Richard Wilson wrote 7 months ago: Monday’s book talk at Skeptics in the Pub certainly wasn’t my best, though things warmed … more →
"Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments"
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Richard Wilson wrote 9 months ago: From The American Psychological Association People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abil … more →
More on the "Booker prize for climate change claptrap"
Richard Wilson wrote 9 months ago: From The Guardian: So here it is: your first sight of the Christopher Booker prize 2009. It is named … more →
Poll: Is it right for the Sunday Telegraph to mislead the public about the health risks of asbestos?
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Richard Wilson wrote 9 months ago: The Sunday Telegraph columnist Christopher Booker has now written at least 41 different articles in … more →
Health experts urge Canadian government to stop funding the Chrysotile Institute
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Richard Wilson wrote 10 months ago: In “Don’t Get Fooled Again”, I highlight Sunday Telegraph columnist Christopher Bo … more →
Is it wrong to highlight the deaths of HIV-positive AIDS denialists who reject medications and urge others to do the same?
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Richard Wilson wrote 10 months ago: In “Don’t Get Fooled Again”, I look at the role played by the media in promoting d … more →
Richard North caught white-washing Booker's Wikipedia entry
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Richard Wilson wrote 10 months ago: Wikipedia’s article on Christopher Booker is currently the top search result when you type typ … more →
Booker's bogus claims about... Speed cameras
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Richard Wilson wrote 10 months ago: From The Guardian In Saturday’s Telegraph, Christopher Booker and Richard North published a lo … more →
Yet more pseudo-science from the Telegraph...
Richard Wilson wrote 10 months ago: The Telegraph’s “war on science” has opened up a new front, prompted, it seems, by … more →
Comedian Bill Maher on Maggiore's book "What If Everything You Thought You Knew about AIDS Was Wrong?"
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Richard Wilson wrote 10 months ago: One of the most striking features of the tragic life of AIDS denialist Christine Maggiore was her su … more →
"Children must never play with matches": Ophelia Benson on the folly of amateur medicine
Richard Wilson wrote 10 months ago: From Butterflies and Wheels It’s good to question conventional wisdom, except when it isn … more →
Lizzy Siddal reviews Don't Get Fooled Again
Richard Wilson wrote 10 months ago: From Lizzy’s Literary Life We all know that you shouldn’t believe everything that you read in … more →
Liberal Conspiracy on Christopher Booker's scientific credentials
Richard Wilson wrote 11 months ago: From Liberal Conspiracy Rejoice, people! Whatever you may’ve read, however many chilling predictions … more →
The parallels between AIDS denial and Holocaust negationism
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Richard Wilson wrote 11 months ago: In “Don’t Get Fooled Again” I look at the twin delusions of AIDS denial and Holoca … more →
"Misinformed", "substantially misleading" and "absurd" - the UK government's verdict on Christopher Booker's claims
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Richard Wilson wrote 1 year ago: The Sunday Telegraph columnist Christopher Booker has been taking some flack this week over his late … more →
Michael Lees slaps down the Sunday Telegraph over its latest claims on asbestos
Richard Wilson wrote 1 year ago: For the past six years, the Sunday Telegraph’s Christopher Booker has been trying to convince … more →
