The last sentence seems to be missing from the post above: When she is older she will re-evaluate the evidence, but for now Father Christmas exists.
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Well in fact he does. My youngest daughter believes in him. Thus he exists. What I propose is that in our imagination (not mine anymore, alas) he exists in the same way that Neptune exists, i.e. ...
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Wouldn't it be great if the person who got the job immediately set about organising properly controlled clinical trials whilst vowing to sort out once and for all whether homeopathy really worked...
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Hmmm. More than I earn. Job: Organise research into magic. Required: ability to keep a straight face. Sadly I think that second one would rule me out.
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"An email alerts me to the fact that the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital (still, disgracefully, part of the UCL Hospitals Trust (that’s NHS, not UCL) is advertising for a “research coordina...
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@Iamconfused I work at UCL, not the University of Queensland. That's a different David Colquhoun. I've often thought of doing a blog post about him, because he gives the appearance of being in th...
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I thought you said antioxidants play no role in the body whatsoever. So, what is this about? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1094945/Heart-warming-news-Aussie-doctor-claims-hes-...
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a university a good reputation. It is not PR, not silly displays at graduation ceremonies (and here) and it is not a fancy web site. In fact a university as a whole does not really have a
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@isobelmet Most people would describe science as a method, rather than as a body of knowledge. The Wikipedia article gives a good description http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science
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I am, also, concerned about the proposed cuts and their subsequent effects. However, as someone who has stepped out of the academic world, it is not why I am on this site. I am much further behin...
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@Dr Aust Thanks for reminding me about that article. I'm working on another piece on that topic in connection with the fact that my own Faculty has been asked to take a 10.4% cut, whereas HR has ...
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With respect to your 17th and 20th April items, David, did you read this in the https://www.dcscience.net/in-memoriam/1621-2/comment-page-1/#comment-6390
David - Philip Moriarty told me about this blog (specifically, the discussion of lecturer "training"). I have to say I have never come across an on-line forum that is so well-mannered! Mind you, ...
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At King's whenever we are in the top 10 in a list it is all over the web page and we get excited e-mails about it. The fact our Principle is in the top 10 salary list has not been mentioned, funn...
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PS Apparently UCL's Provost is only the second best paid VC. Someone writing as "Haslitt" posted the following comment after the Guardian article, which I think will amuse anyone wh...
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