Comments on: Stapling the Stomachs of Anorexics http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/05/stapling-stomachs-of-anorexics.html Experiments and Thoughts on Quackery, Health Beliefs and Pseudoscience Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:47:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Le Canard Noir http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/05/stapling-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-16777 Le Canard Noir Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:28:06 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/05/stapling-the-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-16777 I too have one of Gary Johnson's devices. I took mine apart. Have you done the same to yours? Obviously not. I too have one of Gary Johnson’s devices.

I took mine apart. Have you done the same to yours?

Obviously not.

]]> By: David Dean http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/05/stapling-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-16775 David Dean Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:42:51 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/05/stapling-the-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-16775 As a box user, believe me it has changed my life. I might be mad but before these fantastic devices I had double vision, constant headaches and could hardly stand and couldn't be near Wi-Fi or a mobile phone. The Science may not be proven but I would have paid a million quid for this product. If you think I'm a looney then feel free to chastise me at onedaviddean@hotmail.com. I'm now getting on with my life thanks to Gary Johnson As a box user, believe me it has changed my life. I might be mad but before these fantastic devices I had double vision, constant headaches and could hardly stand and couldn’t be near Wi-Fi or a mobile phone. The Science may not be proven but I would have paid a million quid for this product. If you think I’m a looney then feel free to chastise me at onedaviddean@hotmail.com. I’m now getting on with my life thanks to Gary Johnson

]]> By: Antares http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/05/stapling-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-10716 Antares Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:59:18 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/05/stapling-the-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-10716 I hate it when people use the phrase "scientific evidence" as if that adjective made the evidence *less* important. Dear onedaviddean, what most probably happened is that you first bought into the "EM waves kills health dead" scam, then felt bad, then applied a placebo solution and now feel better. Big deal. Well, at least you're doing something for the local economy. Daniel I hate it when people use the phrase “scientific evidence” as if that adjective made the evidence *less* important.

Dear onedaviddean,

what most probably happened is that you first bought into the “EM waves kills health dead” scam, then felt bad, then applied a placebo solution and now feel better. Big deal.

Well, at least you’re doing something for the local economy.

Daniel

]]> By: onedaviddean http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/05/stapling-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-6888 onedaviddean Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:19:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/05/stapling-the-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-6888 Because of Wifi and mobiles my life was in tatters. Searing headaches, dizziness, I could hardly stand.<br/><br/>A Subtle Field Technologies box removed all symptoms in minutes.<br/><br/>Call it mad, I don't care. If you are afflicted, they work and they may have no scientific basis but I can live and work again. Because of Wifi and mobiles my life was in tatters. Searing headaches, dizziness, I could hardly stand.

A Subtle Field Technologies box removed all symptoms in minutes.

Call it mad, I don’t care. If you are afflicted, they work and they may have no scientific basis but I can live and work again.

]]> By: Le Canard Noir http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/05/stapling-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-6243 Le Canard Noir Fri, 09 May 2008 12:37:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/05/stapling-the-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-6243 They do not work.<br/><br/>Either <br/><br/>a) You work for someone who sells QLinks and are advertising here.<br/><br/>b) You really did get a QLink and you experienced a simultaneous improvemnt in attitude.<br/><br/>I prefer option (a). They do not work.

Either

a) You work for someone who sells QLinks and are advertising here.

b) You really did get a QLink and you experienced a simultaneous improvemnt in attitude.

I prefer option (a).

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/05/stapling-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-6242 Anonymous Fri, 09 May 2008 12:27:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/05/stapling-the-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-6242 filled=feeling filled=feeling

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/05/stapling-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-6241 Anonymous Fri, 09 May 2008 12:26:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/05/stapling-the-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-6241 I was appalled when a loved one got me a qlink pendent after I'd moan about filled wiped out after staring at a computer screen all day (the slick flicker, the lack of natural light, the boredom, were my ideas on why I felt so groggy not 'electrosmog').<br/>Anyway, I was utterly pissed off when after a couple of days I wasn't craving putting my head on a pillow at 2.30 in the afternoon and felt quite sharp and was racing through my tasks without the usual huge mental effort to stay motivated.<br/>It generally makes me feel like I do when I've had an energising stress-free walk on warm sunny day pretty much all the time. I also don't feel like a sack of spuds after a 'good night's sleep'.<br/>I'd love to know how these fraudulent devices work. I was appalled when a loved one got me a qlink pendent after I’d moan about filled wiped out after staring at a computer screen all day (the slick flicker, the lack of natural light, the boredom, were my ideas on why I felt so groggy not ‘electrosmog’).
Anyway, I was utterly pissed off when after a couple of days I wasn’t craving putting my head on a pillow at 2.30 in the afternoon and felt quite sharp and was racing through my tasks without the usual huge mental effort to stay motivated.
It generally makes me feel like I do when I’ve had an energising stress-free walk on warm sunny day pretty much all the time. I also don’t feel like a sack of spuds after a ‘good night’s sleep’.
I’d love to know how these fraudulent devices work.

]]> By: John http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/05/stapling-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-4967 John Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:27:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/05/stapling-the-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-4967 This is a fascinating post! It could not have been expressed better. This is a fascinating post! It could not have been expressed better.

]]> By: Persiflage http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/05/stapling-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-4963 Persiflage Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:24:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/05/stapling-the-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-4963 You, monsieur, are an excellent writer. I'm genuinely and deeply concerned about the frankly terrifying level of disinformation and outright claptrap peddled by the media. For years, I've felt like I'm fighting a single-handed rearguard action against an army of malevolent magic-water-and-joss-sticks promoters, and it's only in the last few months - having found sites like yours and Ben Goldacres - that I've started to believe that some sane people still exist!<br/><br/>For all my improved optimism, how's this for a glum prediction: Prince Charles will make a public statement on the dangers of WiFi and mobile phone usage at some point in the next calendar month.<br/><br/> I'll award myself 5 extra points if he calls for a "public enquiry", 10 if he demonstrates a complete ignorance of all the research that has been done to date, and jump off the Clifton Suspension Bridge if he announces that the Prince's Trust is going to perform its own study :-( You, monsieur, are an excellent writer. I’m genuinely and deeply concerned about the frankly terrifying level of disinformation and outright claptrap peddled by the media. For years, I’ve felt like I’m fighting a single-handed rearguard action against an army of malevolent magic-water-and-joss-sticks promoters, and it’s only in the last few months – having found sites like yours and Ben Goldacres – that I’ve started to believe that some sane people still exist!

For all my improved optimism, how’s this for a glum prediction: Prince Charles will make a public statement on the dangers of WiFi and mobile phone usage at some point in the next calendar month.

I’ll award myself 5 extra points if he calls for a “public enquiry”, 10 if he demonstrates a complete ignorance of all the research that has been done to date, and jump off the Clifton Suspension Bridge if he announces that the Prince’s Trust is going to perform its own study :-(

]]> By: DJP http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/05/stapling-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-4957 DJP Sun, 03 Jun 2007 08:28:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/05/stapling-the-stomachs-of-anorexics.html#comment-4957 Great title, and an equally excellent article. Great title, and an equally excellent article.

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