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Orac is but a humble pseudonymous surgeon/scientist with an ego just big enough to delude himself that someone, somewhere might actually give a rodent's posterior about his miscellaneous verbal meanderings, but just barely small enough to admit to himself that few will. That Orac has chosen his pseudonym based on a rather cranky and arrogant computer shaped like a clear box of blinking lights from an old British SF show whose special effects were renowned for their early 1980's BBC/Doctor Who-style low budget look, but whose stories nonetheless resulted in some of the best, most innovative science fiction for television ever produced, should tell you nearly all that you need to know about Orac. (That, and the length of the preceding sentence.) Orac tries to keep his insolence respectful, but admittedly sometimes fails in the cases of obvious quackery and pseudoscience, attacks on him, very poor critical thinking skills, bigotry, and just general plain stupidity.

Orac replied , "I am not trying to tell you anything. I am simply not interested in trying to compensate for your amazing lack of observation."





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2 example(s) of insolence returned:
At 8/25/2005 9:41 PM,
OT but something you would want to read.
Autistic Boy Dies After Unproven Treatment
...Officials said they do not know for sure what killed Abubakar Tariq Nadama, 5, who died Tuesday after suffering a heart attack following his third treatment of chelation therapy at a suburban medical clinic...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050826/ap_on_he_me/autistic_boy_s_death
At 8/25/2005 10:20 PM,
I'm aware of it. Although I'm on vacation and others have already blogged on it, I may not be able to resist posting something tomorrow or Saturday...
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