MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'alarmism'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:56:33 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893393&cid=t_247385_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FOZ9e91N17Gw%2F By Neal McCluskeyToday the Washington Post has a big story on efforts by the coal industry to get public schools to teach positive things about — you guessed it — coal. The impetus for the article is no doubt a recent kerfuffle over education mega-publisher Scholastic sending schools free copies of the industry-funded lesson plan “The United States of Energy.” Many parents and environmentalists were upset over businesses putting stealthy moves on kids, and Scholastic eventually promised to cease publication of the plan. Loaded curricula designed to coerce specific sympathies from children, however, hardly come just from industry, as the Post story notes. Indeed, as I write in the new Cato book Climate Coup: Global Warming’s Invasion of Our Government and Our Live... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893393 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:21:54 +0100 4893393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862515&cid=t_247385_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fhu_TAotJGc0%2F By George Scoville “Vouchers and tax credits differ from one another in important ways, and Pennsylvanians deserve to have their representatives consider them one at a time.” “So, if the Supreme Court’s precedents defer to Congress’ assessments of its powers, but Congress is relying for ‘constitutional authority’ on the Supreme Court’s precedents, then NO ONE is actually looking at the Constitution itself to see if a bill is within Congress’ enumerated powers.” “Carbon dioxide, thought to be a significant cause of the warming of surface temperature since the mid-1970s, is currently the respiration of the world’s economic civilization. Getting rid of it isn’t as simple as banning CFCs and switching to another refrigerant.... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862515 Tue, 24 May 2011 15:23:20 +0100 4862515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3683688&cid=t_247385_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F14192273%2F1iax3t%2Fneuromarketing%7EFrench-Appoint-Neuromarketing-Skeptic.htm Have the French appointed a neuromarketing skeptic as a special neuroscience advisor? It seems so. First, this news item: The French are pioneering the marriage of neuro-science and public policy. In what is thought to be a world first, the Prime Minister has, within his Centre for Strategic Analysis, a program dedicated to the use [...] CommentsOlivier, I think your viewpoints and mine have a lot in ... by Roger DooleyDear Roger, many thanks for your post. For the record, I ... by Olivier OullierIt's normal that people are afraid of neuromarketing. Because ... by Alexandre (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3683688 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:23:19 +0100 3683688 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556081&cid=t_247385_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_9nO-FoxdPk%2F Last week, I had the opportunity to testify before the House Science Committee’s Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation on the topic of “cybersecurity.” I have been reluctant to opine on it because of its complexity, but I did issue a short piece a few months ago arguing against government-run cybersecurity. That piece was cited prominently in the White House’s “Cyberspace Policy Review” and — blamo! — I’m a cybersecurity expert. Not really — but I have been forming some opinions at a high level of generality that are worth making available. They can be found in my testimony, but I’ll summarize them briefly here. First, “cybersecurity” is a term so broad as to be meaningless. Yes, we are constructing a new “space” analogo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556081 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:48:59 +0100 2556081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510287&cid=t_247385_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F4wGdE8afoks%2F I’m no information security expert, but you don’t have to be to realize that an outbreak of cyber-alarmism afflicts American pundits and reporters. As Jim Harper and Tim Lee have repeatedly argued (with a little help from me), while the internet created new opportunities for crime, spying, vandalism and military attack, the evidence that the web opens a huge American national security vulnerability comes not from events but from improbable what-ifs. That idea is, in other words, still a theory. Few pundits bother to point out that hackers don’t kill, that cyberspies don’t seem to have stolen many (or any?) important American secrets, and that our most critical infrastructure is not run on the public internet and thus is relatively invulnerable to cyberwhatever. They... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510287 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:14:26 +0100 2510287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1872986&cid=t_247385_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F10%2Fglobal-warming-refugees-in-antarctica.html I have remarked previously that too often, scientific studies are actually ideological advocacy tracts in disguise. Or, a scientific study is misreported without the nuance contained therein by media toward the same purpose and effect. Or, a study one day says A and the next day on the same topic says Z. Or, the most radical notions are embraced by our betters among the intelligentsia and media, and treated as fact when it is really mere wild speculation. Or hyped for political impact, etc., etc. Even the most patently ridiculous assertions are reported respectfully if it serves the overarching ideological purpose--as when CBS and MSNBC swallowed whole the claim by a clear crackpot that global warming caused earthquakes.And often, this unbelievable garbage is sponsored by big corporations.... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1872986 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:06:00 +0100 1872986