Visitors to this blog may be aware that I’m returning to a topic already covered in two previous posts, Quacking for Jesus and Revelation TV & Felicity Corbin Wheeler. The reason for this is that the Reverend Doctor has featured prominently in the station’s schedule over the past week. (Anyone interested in reading some background … Continue reading »
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 2,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 5 years to get … Continue reading »
Ask A Homeopath?
I am indebted to Blue Wode (@Blue_Wode) for this tweet a few days ago: Email your query re homeopathy to homeopathyhelp@nelsons.net and get an answer within 24 hrs http://bit.ly/LmZPKb#ten23#HAW My curiosity got the better of me so I decided to submit a query. This is what I wrote: I suffer from cluster headaches which conventional … Continue reading »
David Beckham and Homeopathy
Amongst the many logical fallacies employed by supporters of homeopathy. appeal to celebrity is one of the most common. (Follow the Twitter hashtag #homeopathy to see examples.) Typically, they will latch on to some particular newsworthy event and try and use that to promote their cause. The website of the Alliance of Registered Homeopaths is … Continue reading »
Revelation TV & Felicity Corbin Wheeler
In a previous blog post, I wrote about Revelation TV promoting Felicity Corbin Wheeler and her views on diet and health. I made reference to her lack of scientific background and my concern that she was advocating the use of unproven therapies and treatments for the prevention and treatment of cancer. I emailed the channel … Continue reading »
The Popularity of Homeopathy
I came across Anarchic Teapot’s blog post on homeopathy a few days ago. Titled “At least the title’s not misleading – Impossible Cure”, it’s well worth a read. It deals with the claims of a proponent of homeopathy that almost everything under the sun, including autism, can be treated by this particular form of quackery. … Continue reading »
Quacking For Jesus
Believe TV is a Christian TV channel broadcasting in the UK on the Sky platform. It advertises itself as “the home of quality Christian Television”. Despite this boast, Believe TV was recently found to be in breach of Ofcom rules 2.1 and 4.6 and fined £25 000. The penalty was a consequence of claims made … Continue reading »
A Burzynski Of Red Flags
In the skeptic community, the term ‘red flag’ is used to denote something which gives cause for alarm, a warning sign that things may not be what they seem. Science-org presents a useful guide to red flags as applied to Quackery. Note that of the sixteen featured, Burzynski has one all to himself. Short and … Continue reading »
I’m Offended.
This cartoon appeared on the Facebook page of University College London Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society advertising a pub social. Some people found it offensive and complained to the Students’ Union. The Union responded by asking the atheist society to remove the cartoon. You can read the full story here. This in turn provoked a … Continue reading »
Dear Dr Hilary …………
This morning, ITV’s Daybreak ran a feature on the efforts of the parents of a five-year old girl who is suffering from a rare form of brain cancer, to raise money to pay for treatment at the Burzynski Clinic in Texas. Present in the studio, along with the presenters, were the girl, her father, and … Continue reading »
