Science Fiction

I generally like Bill Maher's show but I have a big reservation: Maher's promotion of — shall we say — "questionable science." He does a good job debunking bogus political arguments and "facts," then turns around and promotes theories of health that have about as much credibility as those who claim Barack Obama is a gay Commie Infiltrator born in Kenya.

Last Friday night, he had on a man Samir Chachoua who claims to have found a cure for AIDS that's being supressed by the medical establishment. Our chum Paul Harris does a good job summarizing the segment and why the man's claims are not to be believed. He also directs us to this article by David Gorski who goes into greater detail. It's very disappointing that Maher doesn't apply the same skepticism to wild medical and science claims that he does to things said by Donald Trump.