Links With Your Coffee - Sunday
- Dragon’s Den And Homeopathy (tip to Phil)
- What Are Notable Atheists Saying About the Tebow Super Bowl Ad?
- Solution to anti-vaccination controversy: build bridges?
In one way, the anti-vax movement is like creationism: it’s built on preconceived notions, personal bias, and scientific ignorance. But it’s much worse than creationism, for while nobody ever died from rejecting evolution, misguided opposition to vaccination actually kills people.
- Village Idiots
- Fiscal Scare Tactics By PAUL KRUGMAN
Fear-mongering on the deficit as part of the Republican political strategy could end up doing as much harm as the fear-mongering on weapons of mass destruction
. - The Gospel Of Luke
- Tolstoy—The Renunciation of Violence
Comments
It seems Mooney is the one burning his bridges with the scientists who don't wanna compromise.
Dragon's Den - the prat can't even spell 'indigestion', and confuses 'prostrate' with 'prostate'! This is his preparation to go on national TV and present a case!
And plenty of religious folk have died for refusing treatment and really creationists are the origin of the Anti-vax denial. And really the questions of the anti-vax folks are good questions. the problem is their complete inability to hear the answers. Creationism is much worse.
I guess that's a comment on Coyne's post, not a reply to pedantsaerus. I don't get this connection though:
I don't get the second assertion. There's always been anti-vax folks but the fad exploded with Wakefield AFAIK.
RE: Tebow Super Bowl ad.
This is the best rebuttal ad they could air, and appeal to the same kind of people the other one would.
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