Science pessimism

Orac is pessmistic and depressed about the future of science and science-based medicine.  I share his concern, but am significantly more optimistic.  This is exactly the reason why I want to become an MD/PhD; to apply research directly to medicine.  I even wrote about it on my application essay.

I didn’t write it explicitly, but Orac and some other science bloggers played a big role in this decision.  So, Orac, don’t slip into dispair, you’re doing great work and reaching a lot of people in important ways.

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Project: Make McCain exciting

As part of the the new Colbert report’s greenscreen challenge, the goal is to make presidential nominee seem more interesting. These are my two favorites:

Blue suede shoes edition:

This one is my absolute favority (vogue edition)

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