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Daily Archives: December 21, 2008
Dressing Up as Real Science
A book review of Trick or Treatment
While no reasonable person can believe in Stairways subliminal lyrics, far too many people do believe in equally implausible things in the realm of alternative medicine. In the book, the authors tackle four main areas: acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic and herbal medicine. The books conclusion is that acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic are essentially worthless, while herbal medicine has limited value.
If Only Ensign Pulver Had Known
(OK, that was making fake “Red Label” Scotch)
We already know you can check your wine and find out if it’s bad
Now there’s How to make cheap wine taste like a fine vintage
The secret this time is an electric field. Pass an undrinkable, raw red wine between a set of high-voltage electrodes and it becomes pleasantly quaffable. “Using an electric field to accelerate ageing is a feasible way to shorten maturation times and improve the quality of young wine,” says Hervé Alexandre, professor of oenology at the University of Burgundy, close to some of France’s finest vineyards.
University of Burgundy. Figures. They don’t do this kind of work at Boone’s Farm State University, or Ripple Tech.