“Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’ That’s something you might remind your New Age friends who’ve gone gaga over ‘holistic medicine’ and ‘alternative Chinese cures.’” ― Anthony Bourdain, A Cook’s Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines    

“One of the biggest challenges in science writing when discussing unproven or implausible therapies and products is that people tend to trust their own personal perceptions more than any other source of information.”—Brian Dunning, “Don’t Try It Before You Knock It”   https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4533

“The world is full of fools, and he who would not see it should live alone and smash his mirror.” ― Claude Le Petit

“Look, having nuclear—my uncle was a great professor and scientist  and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart —you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal … More Quote of the Day

“It’s said that in the beginning was the word, but for me the beginning is always an image. When I think about a conversation, it always starts with images. And what I love about photography is the inscription of a single moment: it’s completely ephemeral. You take the photograph, and one second later, everything has … More Quote of the Day