The Placebo Effect; how does it work?
There was an interesting discussion recently posted on the neurophysiologist Dr. Marcello Costa’s blog about the nature of the placebo and nocebo effects. See: http://tinyurl.com/6mmd8pz Basically, he...
View ArticleScience and health informatics, what is the evidence on cost efficiency?
Apologies for the delayed posting, as I have been away at a health informatics conference in the USA (alas I didn’t win the mega-millions lottery as some may have begun to suspect). The conference...
View Article“What’s so funny ‘bout peace, love and understanding?”
Hello again! I’m back (briefly) to add a quick entry. I’ve deserted Bernie and left him bravely struggling to maintain the blog while I’ve been busy writing a book on science for science teachers....
View ArticleDifferent Ways of Knowing; or maybe avoiding knowing anything useful
Hi all, This week I thought we would touch on one of the more popular lines of thought that is frequently argued by my colleagues. That, is the notion that there are different “ways of knowing” in...
View ArticleBernie’s Philosophy of Science eBook is Alive!
Apologies for the lack of activity on the site for the last few weeks, but I had been putting the final touches to my ebook and Roger is off on his travels. Anyhow, the ebook is now published and so …...
View ArticleRum and Academic Pressure: What drives us to academic dishonesty?
Hi! I’m back from the horror of book writing and have also finally navigated around the issue that the IT Help desk is 6000 miles and 8 time zones away from where I am! Due to both my joyous enthusiasm...
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