Harriet Hall
Harriet Hall is a retired physician who lives in Puyallup, Washington, and writes about alternative medicine and pseudoscience for many skeptical magazines.
Thinking: An Unnatural Act
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 36.3, May/June 2012
Book Review
A review of Unnatural Acts: Critical Thinking, Skepticism, and Science Exposed! by Robert Todd Carroll.
Tooth Fairy Science and Other Pitfalls: Applying Rigorous Science to Messy Medicine, Part 2
August 24, 2012
Part 2 of Harriet Hall, MD’s presentation from the 2009 Skeptic’s Toolbox conference.
Tooth Fairy Science and Other Pitfalls: Applying Rigorous Science to Messy Medicine, Part 1
August 24, 2012
Part 1 of Harriet Hall, MD’s presentation from the 2009 Skeptic’s Toolbox conference.
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Setting the Record Straight about Science and Longevity
Skeptical Briefs Volume 21.1, Spring 2011
Follow-Up
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Why Belief Always Comes First
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 35.5, September/October 2011
Book Review
A review of The Believing Brain by Michael Shermer
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Two Views of the War on Cancer
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 35.3, May/June 2011
Book Review
Reviews of Pink Ribbon Blues by Gayle Sulik and The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Defending Isagenix: A Case Study in Flawed Thinking
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 35.1, January/February 2011
Column
Do those who comment on blogs even read the articles they are responding to? Here is a case study in emotional thinking, ad hominem arguments, logical...
A Gifted Writer and a Book Worth Giving
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.5, September/October 2010
Book Review
A review of Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be by Daniel Loxton
Power Balance Technology
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.3, May / June 2010
Carrying a Power Balance card in your pocket will supposedly improve your athletic performance and cure what ails you.
The One True Cause of All Disease
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 34.1, January / February 2010
Article
Alternative practitioners constantly claim that conventional medicine treats only symptoms while they treat underlying causes. They’ve got it backwards.
Playing by the Rules
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.3, May / June 2009
Article
It is useless for skeptics to argue with someone who doesn’t play by the rules of science and reason.
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We’re Wrong More Than We Think
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 32.5, September / October 2008
Book Review
Review of On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not by Robert Burton, MD
‘We Couldn’t Say It in Print If It Wasn’t True’: Akavar’s Version of Truth in Advertising
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 32.5, September / October 2008
Article
An ad for a weight-loss product falsifies its own slogan by printing outright lies.
Gary Schwartz’s Energy Healing Experiments: The Emperor’s New Clothes?
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 32.2, March / April 2008
Article
Schwartz says his experiments reveal our natural power to heal based on our ability to sense and manipulate human energy fields.
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Masaru Emoto’s Wonderful World of Water
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 31.6, November / December 2007
Article
It can read, listen to music, look at pictures, hear your thoughts, heal you, and create world peace.
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Fix Your Ruptured Disk without Surgery?
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 31.5, September / October 2007
Article
The Truth behind the Ads
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Critical Chiropractor, Inept Publisher
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 30.6, November / December 2006
Book Review
The P.R.E.S.T.O.N. Protocol for Back Pain: The Seven Evidence-Based Practices for Living Pain-Free by Preston Long.
Teaching Pigs to Sing: An Experiment in Bringing Critical Thinking to the Masses
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 30.3, May / June 2006
Article
A skeptic encounters psychics, astrologers, and other strange creatures and discovers how they react to science and reason.
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Andrew Weil: Harvard Hatched a Gullible Guru
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 30.1, January / February 2006
Book Review
Review of Natural Health, Natural Medicine. By Andrew Weil.
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Blind Spots, Brain Maps, and Backaches: A New Chiropractic Delusion
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 28.6, November / December 2004
Article
A new test that measures the size of the blind spot to detect altered brain function and correct it with chiropractic...
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