BCA v Singh: Did the Skeptics really make a difference?

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"Jack of Kent, pleased to meet you, love your writing." And with that introduction, I am tossed into Nick Cohen's wonderful and heart-warming article today, agreeably titled: "Now charlatans will know to beware the geeks". At least I am presented as having some social skills. (A geek, of course, is a nerd with social skills.) But is it correct to emphasise...

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Society of Homeopaths launch photography rights grab

Sat, 08/21/2010 - 22:51

As a sometimes sort-of almost semi-professional photographer and a freelance mocker of bad marketing (enough plugs - ed), I have stumbled upon and mocked a great many photography rights grabs in recent years.

On Gillian McKeith

Wed, 07/21/2010 - 21:55

In a piece of contrarianism worthy of Jack of Kent, it was suggested by a number of people (e.g. here) on twitter that the latest round of Gillian McKeith bashing would serve only to make a martyr of the awful old poo lady. Perhaps she would like that. She has always left me with the impression of somebody lonely, in a mid-life crisis, absolutely desperate for fame and attention (I don’t know; an impression only, of course, no objective insight into her character is implied).

German Health Care Providers Might Stop Paying for Homeopathy

Mon, 07/12/2010 - 12:53

If something has to be believed in for it to work properly, it doesn't work properly.

Germany's system of mandatory universal healthcare is the oldest in Europe; in fact, we've been commies since the 1880s ...only some 3 decades after Marx and Engels wrote their Communist Manifesto.

Treating XMRV: The Crazy Just Got Crazier.

Sat, 06/12/2010 - 18:06

I often see patients in my practice who have chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). Over the years several candidate viral triggers for the condition have been proposed, including EBV, HHV-6, HTLVs and various enteroviruses (including CMV). Every few years or so, some research group whose heads are stuck firmly in the clouds comes out with a hyped-up revelation that the one and true “cause” of CFS/ME has been discovered.

Witchcraft & Homeopathy

Thu, 06/03/2010 - 11:19

“Homeopathy is witchcraft” said Dr Tom Dolphin, deputy chairman of the BMA’s junior doctors committee at their annual conference in May. It seems the rest of the delegates agreed, since they passed a motion denouncing the use of alternative therapies where there was no evidence for their effectiveness.

I’m no expert on medicine or homeopathy. Witchcraft on the other hand …

Is the good doctor right? Or is he recklessly impugning homeopaths? Or witches?

The Alternative Dictionary

Mon, 04/26/2010 - 20:09

From time to time, you may notice people misusing words. I know I do - and this abuse of language is beginning to annoy me. I decided to write a compilation of commonly misused words, and have now begun my work.