Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
You should also check out Crispian Jago’s account at the Science, Reason and Critical Thinking blog and Jack Of Kent’s site at ‘A Good Day in Court’, with first-hand-accounts of what happened. From www.senseaboutscience.org: Simon Singh’s libel case v the BCA was at the Court of Appeal today in front of three of the most [...]
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From the Times Online – the release of the The Celebrities and Science Review – for 2009! A compendium of cod science and misconceptions espoused by celebrities is published today, with the likes of Roger Moore, Heather Mills and Shilpa among the worst offenders. The Celebrities and Science Review 2009, published by the charity Sense about [...]
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Today Simon Singh announces that he is applying to appeal the judge’s recent pre-trial ruling in this case, in conjunction with the launch of this support campaign to defend the right of the pubic to read the views of scientists and writers. In a statement published today, over 100 people from the worlds of science, [...]
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Sceptic’s Book Blog expands on the story: However, this is not the first time expensive “cosmeceuticals” have been declared a rip-off. In 2007, a consumer organisation in the UK known as Which? Magazine found skin care companies were “blinding consumers with science” using terms like nanoparticles, pentapeptides, lipopeptides and hyaluronic acid. These are all legitimate [...]
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