Anti-Vax: The extent its adherents would go to. Some Context:I made this poster as a parody of the growing pseudoscientific Anti-Vaccine movement (mostly confined to the United States) wherein parents either embrace alternative medicines or avoid vaccination against deadly diseases entirely due to a campaign of misinformation which suggests a link between vaccination and Autism. [...]
Archive for January 2009
Anti-Vaccine Woo
January 30, 2009On the Mutual Exclusivity of Chivalry & Equality
January 19, 2009The aspect of ‘chivalry’ in the male personality is a well-established and traditionally desirable trait in potential partners, according to my personal experience. However, it is my argument that ‘chivalry’ as a modern colloquial concept is utterly at odds with the generally accepted notion of equality of the sexes. In this essay, I will examine [...]
Poorly Constructed Catamaran Sails [Briefly]
January 17, 2009At long last, one of my life’s goals is finally complete: to build a small, poor-quality catamaran with an inspirational message scrawled on the sail. Today, my good friend Brendan and I accomplished this pie-in-the-sky dream at great personal risk to our very lives. In the post which follows, I detail the factors which led [...]
Life Redux/Life: ‘Hatching The Past’ Exhibit & Adelaide Zoo.
January 7, 2009My respect and admiration for the natural world has become a larger part of my life lately with, perhaps, a greater recognition of evolution and the science behind the process. The rainbow explained has put stars in my eyes, so to speak. Today, I visited a dinosaur exhibit at the South Australia museum (intended, I [...]
‘Sixteen Reasons to Chose [Sic] Homeopathy’ : A Refutation
January 4, 2009Whether or not Homeopathy is a suitable alternative to conventional medicine is generally a topic of quite intense debate and provokes emotional responses from all sides of the argument. In this essay, it is not my purpose to either advocate or disprove homeopathy, but rather to deconstruct and refute an argument found on the blog [...]
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