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2011 Enlightener & Obscurantist Awards
The Swedish Skeptics, of whom I am the chairman, have just announced their annual awards for 2011 [a - b]. The Swedish public TV show Hjärnkontoret receives the Enlightener of the Year award, “…for...
View ArticleI Have A Hidden Pill Compartment
Went to bed with a headache, woke up intermittently during the night to find it still there, and got up in the morning with the same headache or one very similar to it. So I took an aspirin, which...
View ArticleDrugstore Misunderstanding About Saltpetre
Saltpetre, potassium nitrate, is added to food to give meat products a nicer colour. One winter in the 70s when we were living in Connecticut, my dad went to a New York drug store to buy saltpetre for...
View ArticleSkeptic’s Guide Interview
I’m on the latest instalment of the Skeptic’s Guide podcast talking about the Mora/Orsa electrophobia case and the Obscurantist of the Year anti-award. I also mention a bunch of upcoming European...
View ArticleEl-Mag Crank Gets Galileo Argument Wrong
I got a letter with criticism from a man who believes in electromagnetic hypersensitivity and thinks I should too. Most of the letter is the Galileo argument, where the letter writer refers to an...
View ArticleThe Huskvarna Drug
Recently while reading Mats Keyet’s 2000 biography of Swedish beat novelist Sture Dahlström, I came across the sad story of the Huskvarna drug. It killed Dahlström’s father and many others. In 1961 Dr....
View Article2012 Enlightener & Deceiver Awards
The Swedish Skeptics have announced their annual awards for 2012. Both the Enlightener award and the Deceiver award are given to the editorial staff of programmes on Swedish national radio. Medierna is...
View ArticleTalking To Stubbornly Angle-Pushing Journalist About Vaccine
As part of my duties as chairman of the Swedish Skeptics, earlier tonight I took part in a studio discussion on Swedish TV4 about Gardasil, the vaccine against human papilloma virus that is offered to...
View ArticleI’m Donating White Blood Cells
I’ve been a blood donor for over twenty years. The other day a doctor called me and asked me if instead of my normal quarterly donation, I’d be willing to give a few extra hours of my time along with a...
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2015 Enlightener & Deceiver Awards
The Institutet radio show: 2015 Enlighteners of the YearThe Swedish Skeptics have announced their annual awards for 2015. The Enlightener of the Year award is given to a radio show on Swedish...
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