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Did the National Rifle Association (NRA) block research into statistics related to gun control?
About 30,000 americans die every year from gun-related deaths (a number likely to exceed those dying from automobile-related accidents very soon if trends continue). This totals more than 300,000 ...
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Are the vast majority of medical procedures routinely used by physicians ineffective and unproven?
An organization called Freedom Health Canada makes an extraordinary claim on their website, which can be found here.
“Scientifically controlled clinical trials have shown that only 10 -20 % of ...
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Are only 700 out of 480,000 life scientists creationists?
I've seen this claim stated in many places, for example the talk.origins FAQ:
Of the scientists and engineers in the United States, only about 5% are creationists, according to a 1991 Gallup poll ...
