Speaking of the difficulties that skeptics often face when challenging pseudoscience, junk science, and antiscience (were we? ... well, I think it was implied), here is a blog post by David Gorski about an invitation to debate Andrew Weil.
==================================== SCIENCE-BASED MEDICINE: To debate or not to debate: The strange bedfellows of Andrew Weil Posted by David Gorski on November 9, 2015 29 Comments The question of whether it is worthwhile to debate cranks, quacks, and advocates of pseudoscience has long been a contentious issue in the skeptic community. Those of you who’ve been reading my posts for a while know that I’ve always come down on the side that it is not a good idea One thing I’ve learned in my more than a decade of blogging, both here and at my not-so-super-secret other blog, is that advocates of pseudoscience love public debates. Indeed, whenever you see a skeptic agree to a public debate with an advocate of pseudoscience, it’s a damned sure bet that it wasn’t the skeptic who proposed it…. FULL TEXT HERE: https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/to-debate-or-not-to-debate-the-strange-bedfellows-of-andrew-weil/ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=47327 or send a blank email to leave-47327-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
