Skeptics - Sometimes Your Friendly Neighborhood Debunkers
A year ago, in a similarly named post, I wrote here about skepticism, and the idea that it is far larger and deeper that the mere process of debunking faulty information. A year later, I found myself trying to debunk. Some time ago I had the opportunity to write a response to an article that was published in a local monthly newspaper called La Voz, a publication directed toward the Hispanic community in Rochester, NY. That article provided a platform for my first attempt at formal skepticism. The experience was interesting, uncomfortable, and vital. Here is a link to the relevant edition of the newspaper (March 2012), the article is named "El sistema de salud está fallando, ¿cuáles son nuestras alternativas?" (mind you, it is in Spanish): http://www.rochesterlavoz.com/current_edition/2012/LaVoz_03_2012_web.pdf The article's thesis was established on the premise that mainstream medicine has failed, in some respects, and suggests the use of alternative medicines to...