Iraq Says No To Evidence-Based "Keeping People From Blowing Up"
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 14:35
in Mathematics & Economics
This New York Times article is making the rounds in the Skeptical Community. Apparently, a major tool in the arsenal of Iraqi security forces is a high-priced, bomb divining rod. Seriously. The article reads like a satire of AltMed woonackery, except we are not talking about herbal remedies for the grumbly in your tumbly. We are talking about keeping innocent people from getting blown up. The American military does not use the devices. “I don’t believethere’s a magic wand that can detect explosives,” said Maj. Gen.Richard J. Rowe Jr., who oversees Iraqi police training for the read more
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