Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
I’ve blogged briefly about this previously – particularly how Peter Dingle had a goal to publish a book about how he healed his wife through homeopathy? Perth Now: Nurse tells how cancer patient Penelope Dingle was ‘writhing in pain’ In an inquest at the Perth Coroner’s Court, registered nurse and family friend Deborah Combes said [...]
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I love being in NZ – I use Air NZ when traveling and have stopped off in Auckland a number of times when heading to the USA. This, however, is a brand-new find for me and I seriously hope that other conferences will follow the New Zealand Skeptics example! They just had their conference, held [...]
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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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Two items of great interest – first, a message from Ben ‘Bad Science’ Goldacre: “Just to let you know, I’ve today emerged rather victoriously from a million dollar libel case with a vitamin quack. He’s helped kill large numbers of people with aids in South Africa (6 million HIV positive) by taking out full page [...]
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I don’t know if you sometimes check out the Australian Skeptic website, but one of the features is the ‘Bent Spoon Award’. Presented annually to the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudo-scientific piffle. I’ve written about the Awards before – here’s an entry from 2005: Nominee: Medibank Private Nominated by: Malcolm [...]
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You can read the article yourself in the NY Times, today, but: For example, Hay would claim, a probable cause of Alzheimer’s disease is “a desire to leave the planet. The inability to face life as it is.” A probable cause of “anorectal bleeding” is “anger and frustration.” A probable cause of leprosy is “inability [...]
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What am I doing? I am taking a bunch of paranormal belief scales together and whittling them down. Whittly whittly. Busy bunny, that’s me. For what reason? I’ll have to let you know… later. Heh – apparently we’re a very noisy planet? Who could guess that… Earth ‘noise’ could attract alien invaders: For 40 years, [...]
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You know, just why does this utter nonsense… Jenny McCarthy – My Son’s Recovery From Autism – thanks for nothing, CNN “We believe what helped Evan recover was starting a gluten-free, casein-free diet, vitamin supplementation, detox of metals, and anti-fungals for yeast overgrowth that plagued his intestines. Once Evan’s neurological function was recovered through these [...]
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