In a way that only that most famous of Internet comics can say it…
Posts Tagged ‘xkcd’
XKCD Nails It on Homeopathy
Posted by mattusmaximus on November 2, 2011
In the way that only XKCD can, a very cogent point is made regarding homeopathy. Recall the specific claim that homeopathy proponents make regarding their “solutions” basically containing no active ingredients, then read this comic…
In case you don’t click the link, mousing-over the XKCD graphic on their page reveals the following text:
“I just noticed CVS has started stocking homeopathic pills on the same shelves with–and labeled similarly to–their actual medicine. Telling someone who trusts you that you’re giving them medicine, when you know you’re not, because you want their money, isn’t just lying–it’s like an example you’d make up if you had to illustrate for a child why lying is wrong.”
Well said, XKCD. Bravo 🙂
Posted in humor, medical woo | Tagged: alt-med, alternative literature, alternative medicine, altmed, CAM, CVS, dilution, homeopathic, homeopathy, humor, internet, medicine, pharmacy, pills, sCAM, solution, web comic, xkcd, xkcd.com | 4 Comments »
FTL Neutrinos, Skepticism, and Humor
Posted by mattusmaximus on September 25, 2011
Regarding my previous blog post on the supposed discovery of faster-than-light neutrinos at CERN, I just wanted to share this humorous bit from the web-comic XKCD which sums it all up quite nicely. Enjoy! 😀
Posted in humor, physics denial/woo | Tagged: 3x10^8 m/s, c, CERN, confirmation, Einstein, faster than light, FTL, funny, general relativity, humor, Large Hadron Collider, LHC, lightspeed, neutrino, OPERA, oscialltion, paradigm shift, particle, particle physics, physics, relativity, reproducibility, science, skeptical, special relativity, speed of light, superluminal, supernova, Supernova 1987A, tachyons, theory, theory of relativity, warp drive, Web, xkcd, xkcd.com | 1 Comment »
Radiation Dosage Put Into Perspective Courtesy of XKCD
Posted by mattusmaximus on March 19, 2011
Wow, sometimes someone comes along and really lays out the science so clearly that it just makes you go… wow. I’ve spent much time in recent posts (here and here) discussing why it is important that the media put some context onto reports of radiation, specifically regarding accidents like that at the Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan. The fine folks at XKCD have done an incredible job of putting the numbers I’ve been talking about for a week into a wonderful graphic; I suggest you all take a look (and try to find the dosages relevant to Fukushima, while you’re at it 🙂 )…
Posted in environmental hysteria, humor, internet, physics denial/woo | Tagged: anti-nuclear, Chernobyl, core, damage, danger, disaster, dosage, dose, earthquake, energy, engineering, environment, explosion, exposure, fallout, Fukushima, half life, health, hype, hysteria, internet, Japan, Japanese, meltdown, nuclear, nuke, nukes, physics, plant, power, quake, radiation, radioactivity, rads, reactor, science, tidal wave, tsunami, xkcd, xkcd.com | 1 Comment »
XKCD Uses “The Economic Argument” Against the Paranormal
Posted by mattusmaximus on October 29, 2010
I just ran across this today, and I think it’s a hilarious way to make the point about why it is that so much pseudoscientific & paranormal flummery is basically useless. Note: make sure to go to the XKCD website and actually put your mouse over the cartoon to get a special, secret message 🙂
Posted in economics, humor, internet | Tagged: business, cartoon, economics, funny, humor, internet, money, paranormal, pseudoscience, the economic argument, xkcd | 1 Comment »
XKCD Pwns Homeopathy!
Posted by mattusmaximus on July 13, 2010
In a brief, but hilarious, bit of skeptical humor, the famous online comic XKCD chimes in on the pseudoscientific topic of homeopathy 🙂
Posted in humor, medical woo | Tagged: alt-med, alternative medicine, CAM, comic, funny, homeopathy, humor, internet, pseudoscience, sCAM, xkcd, xkcd.com | 1 Comment »
Media Math
Posted by mattusmaximus on March 24, 2009
I saw this over at Wheat-dogg’s world, and I simply had to share it 😀
Posted in humor, media woo | Tagged: AIG, billions, cartoon, dollars, executive bonus pay, federal bailout, humor, innumeracy, journalism, math, mathematics, media, millions, money, numbers, powers of ten, reporting, television, TV, xkcd, xkcd.com | 1 Comment »
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