Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Great article in the Guardian, by Dr Ben Goldacre – A vintage year. Expect more in 2010 It has been a vintage year for dodgy science in government. We saw reports on cocaine that were disappeared, dodgy evidence to justify DNA retention, and government advisers who estimated the cost of piracy at 10% of GDP, [...]
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Parliamentary Science and Technology Select Committee on homeopathy today Here’s a particularly good part (out of eleven!) with Ben Goldacre talking (http://www.parliamentlive.tv/) Ben Goldacre on his blog reports: Personal highlights, from memory, include: Paul Bennett from Boots saying that there is no evidence showing homeopathy pills are effective at treating any conditions, but Boots are [...]
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I have no comment. Apart from those I’d only share with Dr Rachael Dunlop.
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From the very vigilant Holford Watch on the continuing Dore saga: …We were therefore surprised when somebody looking to research Rutherford’s work contacted Sheffield Uni and learned that Rutherford is no longer a PhD student there: he was registered as a part-time student from 2003-5 but “withdrew without completing any substantive research”…
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Funny of the day – Ben Goldacre catches “detox” scammer in a lie, live on BBC Radio 4! I was additionally amused to see the particular ‘detoxers’ on a Facebook group… oh dearie me, they didn’t expect this, I’m sure! Apparently in the interview, Nas Amir Ahmadi of detoxinabox.com tried to challenge the claims of [...]
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On the chosen theme for Scientiae Carnival for October. Last Friday I watched my former students (from my form class, a kind of quasi-pastoral care program involving being with a group of students since Year 8 ) graduate from their final year of high-school. Out of the fourteen, there were saw thirteen graduands from that [...]
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