Links for 2011-06-19

  • “What bothers me most about Freedman’s argument is that he comes so close to being right. I actually agree that the success of alternative medicine is the result of mainstream medicine’s failure. But it’s not that alternative medicine is preventative but mainstream medicine is not. It’s that mainstream medicine, especially with health insurance and care models that restrict the amount of time patients spend with doctors, has abandoned the power of ritual in making people feel better.”
  • “11:13
    As the crowd shot focuses on the Indian Kourtney Kardashian, we are told that the “Powerplay score is 47-1.” That surprises us, because we do not know that there is such a thing as a “Powerplay,” nor, certainly, that it is currently happening.5

    11:23
    They keep showing shots of some dignitary who looks like the Pakistani Dabney Coleman. They never tell us who he is. I’m sure it’s self-evident to cricket fans. But, I feel like TNT will tell you, when they’re showing David Stern (or whomever), that this is David Stern (or whomever). The dignitary must be a very big deal, but Wikipedia does not have face recognition technology so we’re pretty much screwed.

    11:25
    Something happened!

    Sehwag is out!

    We’re not sure why.

    11:25-11:31
    We try to figure out what happened.”