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September 09, 2022
We have the moral responsibility not to pollute the well of collective knowledge. 'Our words, our phrases, our forms and processes and modes of thought’ become ‘common property’. Adding false beliefs is immoral because everyone’s lives ultimately rely on this vital, shared resource....
September 08, 2022
Covid, war, crime, new illnesses, "pag bugbog-sarado sa bad news", what to do, how to help a crisis-fatigued people....
September 07, 2022
I think a lot about my mother’s recurring question: “What is the harm?” Directly confronting patients about beliefs like homeopathy can cause them to dig in their heels or feel helpless, which can exacerbate their conditions....
September 06, 2022
Middle-earth is the fictional setting for Tolkien’s invented mythology, which made its debut in The Hobbit....
August 28, 2022
Fact-checking does not fully reverse the effects of misinformation. Basically the damage is done. There is another way....
August 27, 2022
We are being hit by a veritable smorgasbord of zoonotic microbes ranging from SARS-CoV-2 to Monkeypox to most recently, the Langya virus that spread from shrews into Chinese farmers causing fevers and in some cases, severe liver and kidney abnormalities....