The infamous PZ  Myers  asked those who visit his blog to repeat this message all over the internet.  He chose me because of false accusations from a local college student, who blamed me for getting his insipid little clone blog kicked off the internet.  Since Myers runs a thing called the endless thread, the majority of his popularity is manufactured by random postings.  But multiple clone sites attach themselves to his and we have a flotilla of clones masquerading as independent thinkers. 

When PZ Myers was questioned, he eventually retracted his original accusations, but his clone sites did not.  I have spent considerable time answering questions at both PZ Myers site and Dr. Novella’s sister site.  Dr. Novella acts as the “brain trust” and “spanks” anyone who questions PZ Myers. 

As of early March, I seem to have been unspankable.  Dr. Novella turned over questioning to the already infamous Kim Atwood, and fled to call me names on another thread of his blog.  When I pursued him, he claimed to be too busy to answer my responses. 

The entire episode has left me with no respect for the skeptic societies.  Their claim of scientific thought evaporates when they are actually confronted with medical studies.  They immediately tear down the studies presented, but when asked to present studies themselves, they reply with websites or newspaper reports .   It saddens me that a group based on scientific inquiry has lost its moorings and now relies on manufactured popularity and defamation campaigns.