Comments on: The "New Fundamentalism": Why Lionel Milgrom is Plain Wrong (Again) http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom.html Experiments and Thoughts on Quackery, Health Beliefs and Pseudoscience Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:52:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mojo http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom.html#comment-6464 Mojo Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:56:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/the-new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom-is-plain-wrong-again.html#comment-6464 Chilledoutchemist wrote, "there is an EU directive for homeopathy..."<br/><br/>Perhaps you mean directive 2005/29/EC, which includes "falsely claiming that a product is able to cure illnesses, dysfunction or malformations" in its list of proscribed "misleading commercial practices", and which was recently implemented in the UK. Chilledoutchemist wrote, “there is an EU directive for homeopathy…”

Perhaps you mean directive 2005/29/EC, which includes “falsely claiming that a product is able to cure illnesses, dysfunction or malformations” in its list of proscribed “misleading commercial practices”, and which was recently implemented in the UK.

]]> By: Svetlana http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom.html#comment-6460 Svetlana Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:02:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/the-new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom-is-plain-wrong-again.html#comment-6460 http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/eletters/nen032v1<br/>:P ;) http://ecam.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/eletters/nen032v1
:P ;)

]]> By: ChilledoutChemist http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom.html#comment-6446 ChilledoutChemist Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:15:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/the-new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom-is-plain-wrong-again.html#comment-6446 pvandck thinks that homeopathy will be settled in a court of law. I am not sure if he/she knows that there is an EU directive for homeopathy and it has quite a power base in europe. <br/>It would be settled all right but not how you might think. pvandck thinks that homeopathy will be settled in a court of law. I am not sure if he/she knows that there is an EU directive for homeopathy and it has quite a power base in europe.
It would be settled all right but not how you might think.

]]> By: Svetlana http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom.html#comment-6435 Svetlana Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:09:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/the-new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom-is-plain-wrong-again.html#comment-6435 Hilarious...<br/>It is bad hilarity...<br/>The quacks are not hilarious, they are detestable. Hilarious…
It is bad hilarity…
The quacks are not hilarious, they are detestable.

]]> By: jdc325 http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom.html#comment-6427 jdc325 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/the-new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom-is-plain-wrong-again.html#comment-6427 Milgrom is hilarious. I've followed his adventures via <a HREF="http://shpalman.livejournal.com/tag/lionel+milgrom" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Shpalman</a> for a while now. 'Tis good stuff. Milgrom is hilarious. I’ve followed his adventures via Shpalman for a while now. ‘Tis good stuff.

]]> By: Paul Wilson http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom.html#comment-6423 Paul Wilson Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:04:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/the-new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom-is-plain-wrong-again.html#comment-6423 Good job to LCN, AP Gaylard and Gimpy for taking the time to wade through the "evidence"... Good job to LCN, AP Gaylard and Gimpy for taking the time to wade through the “evidence”…

]]> By: Le Canard Noir http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom.html#comment-6416 Le Canard Noir Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:36:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/the-new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom-is-plain-wrong-again.html#comment-6416 Anonymous. I could not have put it better myself. They will go. Anonymous. I could not have put it better myself. They will go.

]]> By: Le Canard Blanc http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom.html#comment-6414 Le Canard Blanc Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:26:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/the-new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom-is-plain-wrong-again.html#comment-6414 Another illiterate bum.Please can LCN prevent the quite unnecessary obscenities from despoiling his excellent site. Another illiterate bum.Please can LCN prevent the quite unnecessary obscenities from despoiling his excellent site.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom.html#comment-6413 Anonymous Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:35:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/the-new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom-is-plain-wrong-again.html#comment-6413 I love your blog, but please get rid of those fucking snapshot links. They're REALLY fucking irritating. I love your blog, but please get rid of those fucking snapshot links. They’re REALLY fucking irritating.

]]> By: pvandck http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/07/new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom.html#comment-6412 pvandck Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:03:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/07/the-new-fundamentalism-why-lionel-milgrom-is-plain-wrong-again.html#comment-6412 It is well established there is no science in homeopathy, and that such effects that it does have are either psychosomatic in nature or illusion. It's not the science that should bother anyone but the incessant lying, dishonesty, that homeopthy's pricipal proponents regularly (in fact always) indulge in. <br/>There's money to be made fleecing the ignorant, hence the doublespeak and dishonesty. There's also the empowerment of quacks, both those who lie and those dimwits who actually believe in the fantasies.<br/>The scientific issue was settled a long time ago - homeopathy belongs with with phrenology and phlogiston. It's a moral issue and, I hope, before too long a legal one. It will eventually be settled, like many things, in a court of law. It is well established there is no science in homeopathy, and that such effects that it does have are either psychosomatic in nature or illusion. It’s not the science that should bother anyone but the incessant lying, dishonesty, that homeopthy’s pricipal proponents regularly (in fact always) indulge in.
There’s money to be made fleecing the ignorant, hence the doublespeak and dishonesty. There’s also the empowerment of quacks, both those who lie and those dimwits who actually believe in the fantasies.
The scientific issue was settled a long time ago – homeopathy belongs with with phrenology and phlogiston. It’s a moral issue and, I hope, before too long a legal one. It will eventually be settled, like many things, in a court of law.

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