We recently discussed the case of a man who thought Facebook owed him $10 million
per day in damages for moderating his posts in which he deployed the n-word. According to this person, Facebook violated about half of the Constitutional amendments when it decided as a
private company that it would not serve as the plaintiff s bullhorn while he shouted racist terms in a crowded social media platform.
But that was a
pro se lawsuit, one the plaintiff with no legal training or expertise (despite listing himself as attorney-in-fact on his Facebook profile) thought would net him millions of dollars a day for being nothing more than his hateful self.
By oracknows on March 13, 2015.
Naturopathy is 80% quackery, 19% science-based modalities like diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes rebranded and infused with woo, and maybe 1% valid medicine. Yes, I know I m probably being generous given that naturopathy is based on a vitalistic, prescientific worldview and originated in the 19th century German natural living movement, but I m in a generous mood right now. The reason I m in a generous mood is not because naturopathy has suddenly become less quackery than it was. Just view a few of my posts on naturopathy if you think my opinion s changed. I still believe that naturopathy is pseudoscience and quackery, and naturopaths are only too happy to confirm that assessment discussing cases with each other when they think no one else is listening.
SA s Abdool Karim wins top award for standing up for science during COVID-19 Along with Antony Fauci, South African epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim has won the prestigious John Maddox Prize 2020 for going beyond the line of duty . Infectious disease specialist Professor Salim Abdool Karim. Picture: @UKZN/Twitter.
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JOHANNESBURG - South African epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim has been announced as the joint winner of the John Maddox Prize for 2020.
Along with Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States, Karim was on Monday recognised for going beyond the line of duty as government advisors on health . Karim is advising the government on its COVID-19 response.