{"id":41154,"date":"2011-10-30T15:45:49","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T15:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/ka-at-u-minnesota-and-michigan-state\/"},"modified":"2011-10-30T15:45:49","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T15:45:49","slug":"ka-at-u-minnesota-and-michigan-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/medicine\/ka-at-u-minnesota-and-michigan-state.php","title":{"rendered":"KA at U Minnesota and Michigan State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&rsquo;ll be giving a talk, &ldquo;Homeopathy and Skepticism,&rdquo; to skeptical students this Thursday, Oct 27, at the University of Minnesota (7:00 PM at MCB 3-120) and this Friday, Oct. 28, at Michigan State University (7:00 PM at Holmes Hall 106). Here is the abstract:<\/p><blockquote><p>Homeopathy is an extraordinary popular delusion that has persisted for more than 200 years. It is now a mainstay of &ldquo;complementary and alternative medicine&rdquo; in spite of longstanding, definitive scientific refutations. It is of particular interest to skeptics because its history evokes fundamental concepts such as sympathetic magic, Ockham&rsquo;s razor, and Hume&rsquo;s Maxim, and major historical figures such as Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and Hume himself.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Show up in Halloween costume if you like; I may do that myself.<\/p><p>KA<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebasedmedicine.org%2Findex.php%2Fka-at-u-minnesota-and-michigan-state%2F&amp;linkname=KA%20at%20U%20Minnesota%20and%20Michigan%20State\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/babee_facebook.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Facebook\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/google_buzz?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebasedmedicine.org%2Findex.php%2Fka-at-u-minnesota-and-michigan-state%2F&amp;linkname=KA%20at%20U%20Minnesota%20and%20Michigan%20State\" title=\"Google Buzz\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/babee_google_buzz.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Google Buzz\" style=\"padding-left:10px; 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