Of interest around the web & elsewhere - November 22nd, 2010

Epilepsy’s Big, Fat Miracle. Two points to note: 1) modern medicine seems to have strongly resisted the ketogenic diet because of ideology, 2) this treatment works, but they don't really understand why. It shows the importance of empiricism in medicine, but the reality that even an empirical discipline can be shifted by ideology. Grumpy Kvetching of the Day. One of Sean Carroll's readers complains about the content he's posting up. If I ever get one of those blogs where my readers "sponsor" me, then I would listen to this sort of input. You paid for the privilege. Until then, shove it. Anyone who leaves a comment like that would be on my permanent "sh*t list." I'm not really that disagreeable in person, but in person people rarely make demands on my own time as if such requests are the nature of things. Not so on the internet. “Operation: Stop Palin” ...