Adrienne Hill

‘Loudermilk’: are 12-step programs actually effective? We should be wary of trends that reinforce personal biases.

For day 20 of SKEPTICISM MONTH on @aiptcomics.com, @alhill.bsky.social takes a look at "Loudermilk" and asks, how effective are 12-step programs, really? The answer isn't as clear-cut as you might think, and they may let other things slip in, too ...

Joe Mercola, even more bonkers than I knew, “held daily Zoom meetings with a man pretending to channel a spirit. These recorded sessions are being revealed publicly for the first time. Jonathan Jarry watched 50 hours of footage so you don’t have to.”

I couldn’t have done it! Death by cringe!

Does Coffee Cause Cancer? Myths about the Food We Eat | Dr. Christopher Labos | Skeptical Inquirer Presents Science has advanced enormously in the past 500 years, guided by experimental tests of theory and practice.  In that same time, science teaching and education—guided primarily by tradition and dogma—h...

I concur with Gail, this was great! @drlabos.bsky.social
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Check out the latest episode of The Skeptic Zone where I talk about the Winchester Mystery House that I finally got to visit with a large group of skeptics from the Bay Area in California. Plus I read the Australian Skeptics Newsletter and Richard dives deeply into Trove.

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Check out the latest Skeptic Zone where I can’t help but giggle plus I interview @drlabos.bsky.social