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Well it certainly seems so based on the postings on Quackwatch and multiple other sites.  This Polish doctor takes thousands of dollars from vulnerable people under the guise of wanting to help them.  In fact, the treatment doesn’t have any clinical efficacy and is merely a method to generate income.  Why doesn’t the FDA do anything?  No idea.  They did issue a warning letter in 2009 but it may have been withdrawn when the concerns were corrected within the deadline.

This is not meant to be a scientific definition at all but a way to simplify and clarify what a hypothesis and a theory actually are.

A hypothesis is a test that is designed to prove or disprove a concept.  For example if you wanted to show that nitrogen can help plants grow, you would make a test (hypothesis) that said: This test will show how applying nitrogen to neutral soil will cause a tomato plant to grow faster than the control.  That’s it.

A theory is used to describe WHY your test proved your hypothesis.  A theory means that your hypothesis was PROVEN.  Theories are facts.  Theories are proven, ideas and concepts are not.

Evolution is a theory because it has been proven.  Creationism is an idea, and not a theory at all.  Evolution can be tested, creationism can’t be.  Intelligent Design (ID) is also an idea but I’ll post about that in a different blog.

A logical fallacy is an error in logic in an argument.  There are many that you read everyday.  Skeptics use critical thinking skills and avoid logical fallacies.  However, there are many times when we use them and don’t realize it until we analyze our own thoughts.  Creationists use them quite a bit when arguing against evolutionists (one example).  The Skeptics Guide to the Universe has a fantastic list of logical fallacies.  Critical thinking skills including logical fallacies should be taught and retaught in school.

Just in case you haven’t noticed, this blog is full of my opinions based on articles I have read.  I do not have time to get source documents and bother politicians.  If I make a post based on false published information, I’m sorry.  If I catch it, I’ll fix it.  Politically I’m very independent but I despise the GOP as it is nowadays.  If you deny science, evolution, or working together, they will get my wrath.

I am a skeptic.  And if you don’t know what that is, I can tell you what it is not.  It is not conspiracy theorists, not homeopathy, and not chiropractic.  Skeptics utilize the best available science to draw a conclusion about a topic.  Like science, the conclusion may change with the data, so a skeptic will usually adjust opinions as needed.  This is different from a cynic; they just poo-poo on everything or a conspiracy theory nutter who suffers from cognitive dissonance.

Watching a great demo of the BS of homeopathy. Diluting 100ml of poison using 30 glasses of water with 100ml. Put 1ml of poison in glass one then 1ml from glass one into glass two. basically by glass 12 there is no poison. Mole count is ZERO.

At the Skepticamp Louisville 2011 and having guest speakers talk about their favorite topics. If you aren’t part of your local skeptics group, go to meetup or do a search on Facebook, they are around. I even started a group on PhoenixConnect on the University of Phoenix website.

We are covering all topics from the scientifically blind anti-vaxxers to the bologna of homeopathy. I’ll try to link videos when I can.