Comments on: Scepticism is the New Rock’n’Roll http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/05/scepticism-is-new-rocknroll.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: Anonymous http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/05/scepticism-is-new-rocknroll.html#comment-8006 Anonymous Sat, 16 May 2009 08:09:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/05/scepticism-is-the-new-rock%e2%80%99n%e2%80%99roll.html#comment-8006 John H<br /><br />"I just looked at the Swift/JREF site.<br />I can see shedloads of lighthearted banter and humour on there."<br /><br />Well, perhaps I'm speaking past tense a little. <br />A couple of us have been busily softening up the hardheads.<br />And maybe my humour misses the mark at times - someone called it "unconventional".<br /><br />regards,<br />BillyJoe John H

“I just looked at the Swift/JREF site.
I can see shedloads of lighthearted banter and humour on there.”

Well, perhaps I’m speaking past tense a little.
A couple of us have been busily softening up the hardheads.
And maybe my humour misses the mark at times – someone called it “unconventional”.

regards,
BillyJoe

]]> By: Stewart McOwan http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/05/scepticism-is-new-rocknroll.html#comment-8005 Stewart McOwan Fri, 15 May 2009 23:28:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/05/scepticism-is-the-new-rock%e2%80%99n%e2%80%99roll.html#comment-8005 John H sounds a right Happy Jack. Birmingham is the 'epicentre'. What is that all about? UB40 have to be the crappiest band ever. They murdered so many decent songs without shame. Add to that the Move, Duran Duran and Ozzy Osbourne. What a pile of godforesaken trash. Brum is utter garbage apart from its Ethiopian restaurant I found with the greatest of difficulty.<br />Glad that his better half despairs her eyes whenever he opens his stupid mouth in a social situtaion. He is obviously in severe need of a bullet or two. John H sounds a right Happy Jack. Birmingham is the ‘epicentre’. What is that all about? UB40 have to be the crappiest band ever. They murdered so many decent songs without shame. Add to that the Move, Duran Duran and Ozzy Osbourne. What a pile of godforesaken trash. Brum is utter garbage apart from its Ethiopian restaurant I found with the greatest of difficulty.
Glad that his better half despairs her eyes whenever he opens his stupid mouth in a social situtaion. He is obviously in severe need of a bullet or two.

]]> By: John H http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/05/scepticism-is-new-rocknroll.html#comment-7998 John H Fri, 15 May 2009 16:05:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/05/scepticism-is-the-new-rock%e2%80%99n%e2%80%99roll.html#comment-7998 Billy Joe<br /><br />I just looked at the Swift/JREF site.<br /><br />I can see shedloads of lighthearted banter and humour on there.<br /><br />In fact there is probably as much pisstaking as there is serious comment.<br /><br />And you could hardly call Harriet Hall a po faced old scrote. Billy Joe

I just looked at the Swift/JREF site.

I can see shedloads of lighthearted banter and humour on there.

In fact there is probably as much pisstaking as there is serious comment.

And you could hardly call Harriet Hall a po faced old scrote.

]]> By: John H http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/05/scepticism-is-new-rocknroll.html#comment-7995 John H Fri, 15 May 2009 15:09:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/05/scepticism-is-the-new-rock%e2%80%99n%e2%80%99roll.html#comment-7995 To NRG<br /><br />I am not sure that "Birmingham's complete lack of musical heritage" is really valid.<br /><br />Whether you like the music or not it is almost certainly true that Birmingham is the epicentre of heavy rock.<br /><br /><br />To Billy Joe<br /><br />Any chance of a URL for that reference ? <br /><br />I get the impression that most sceptics are pretty lightened up.<br /><br />There is far more humour on most sceptic sites than there is on most quackery sites (especially the jabbophobe and AIDS denialist sites). As far as I can see the quacks are a complete bunch of po-faced miserabilists ranting against the world, the government, science, regulation, pharma, doctors, the NHS etc.<br /><br />I picture all the quacks in the world having what my granny would describe as a "face like a cats arse". To NRG

I am not sure that “Birmingham’s complete lack of musical heritage” is really valid.

Whether you like the music or not it is almost certainly true that Birmingham is the epicentre of heavy rock.

To Billy Joe

Any chance of a URL for that reference ?

I get the impression that most sceptics are pretty lightened up.

There is far more humour on most sceptic sites than there is on most quackery sites (especially the jabbophobe and AIDS denialist sites). As far as I can see the quacks are a complete bunch of po-faced miserabilists ranting against the world, the government, science, regulation, pharma, doctors, the NHS etc.

I picture all the quacks in the world having what my granny would describe as a “face like a cats arse”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/05/scepticism-is-new-rocknroll.html#comment-7993 Anonymous Fri, 15 May 2009 11:51:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/05/scepticism-is-the-new-rock%e2%80%99n%e2%80%99roll.html#comment-7993 teekblog "tackling really important and serious issues with humour and scepticism gets the message across so much more effectively that authoritarian Statism or dumbed-down meeja rubbish."<br /><br />The Australian Skeptics have been doing this for a couple of decades now through their magazine "The Skeptic". Glad to see it's finally catching on. However, if my experience with "Swift" at the JREF site is any guide, it'll take a bit of doing to get most sceptics to lighten up a little. Nobody there seems to understand humour at all. <br /><br />regards,<br />BillyJoe<br /><br />PS: Read John H's first comment here and you have a bit of an idea what we're up against. teekblog “tackling really important and serious issues with humour and scepticism gets the message across so much more effectively that authoritarian Statism or dumbed-down meeja rubbish.”

The Australian Skeptics have been doing this for a couple of decades now through their magazine “The Skeptic”. Glad to see it’s finally catching on. However, if my experience with “Swift” at the JREF site is any guide, it’ll take a bit of doing to get most sceptics to lighten up a little. Nobody there seems to understand humour at all.

regards,
BillyJoe

PS: Read John H’s first comment here and you have a bit of an idea what we’re up against.

]]> By: Sean Ellis http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/05/scepticism-is-new-rocknroll.html#comment-7992 Sean Ellis Fri, 15 May 2009 10:41:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/05/scepticism-is-the-new-rock%e2%80%99n%e2%80%99roll.html#comment-7992 Just wanted to say thanks to you guys for organising the event - it was nice to see Ben and to meet you in the flesh. Well worth battling the Oxford one-way system for. Just wanted to say thanks to you guys for organising the event – it was nice to see Ben and to meet you in the flesh. Well worth battling the Oxford one-way system for.

]]> By: NRG http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/05/scepticism-is-new-rocknroll.html#comment-7988 NRG Thu, 14 May 2009 22:25:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/05/scepticism-is-the-new-rock%e2%80%99n%e2%80%99roll.html#comment-7988 All too accurate with the rock n roll comparison, Birmingham's complete lack of musical heritage being reflected in the failure of our local skeptics in the pub group to even decide on a venue before fizzling out. Time to give them a bit of a prod, now I know they exist... All too accurate with the rock n roll comparison, Birmingham’s complete lack of musical heritage being reflected in the failure of our local skeptics in the pub group to even decide on a venue before fizzling out. Time to give them a bit of a prod, now I know they exist…

]]> By: John H http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/05/scepticism-is-new-rocknroll.html#comment-7984 John H Thu, 14 May 2009 14:10:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/05/scepticism-is-the-new-rock%e2%80%99n%e2%80%99roll.html#comment-7984 Andy<br /><br />This might be off message here but I am not sure where else to post it.<br /><br />The quackery of the day was superb. I nearly choked on my tuna reading about the water energetic vortexisator. <br /><br />I have not seen that much condensed quackery since I looked at the Scary Mary shipwreck'n'woo site.<br /><br />It did get me thinking though. There is so much superdense bullshit on that site that I think they are con merchants rather than woosters. <br /><br />At first read it looks as if it should be on the uncyclopaedia site (which was another brilliant steer by the way - so thanks).<br /><br />Reading between the lines my guess is that these shysters had a load of old toot and dressed it up in quackery to flog it to the gullible.<br /><br />I am not sure that conmen rooking the gullible is worse than the gullible rooking themselves. Either way a fool and their money are soon parted. Andy

This might be off message here but I am not sure where else to post it.

The quackery of the day was superb. I nearly choked on my tuna reading about the water energetic vortexisator.

I have not seen that much condensed quackery since I looked at the Scary Mary shipwreck’n'woo site.

It did get me thinking though. There is so much superdense bullshit on that site that I think they are con merchants rather than woosters.

At first read it looks as if it should be on the uncyclopaedia site (which was another brilliant steer by the way – so thanks).

Reading between the lines my guess is that these shysters had a load of old toot and dressed it up in quackery to flog it to the gullible.

I am not sure that conmen rooking the gullible is worse than the gullible rooking themselves. Either way a fool and their money are soon parted.

]]> By: SVETLANA PERTSOVICH http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/05/scepticism-is-new-rocknroll.html#comment-7983 SVETLANA PERTSOVICH Thu, 14 May 2009 13:28:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/05/scepticism-is-the-new-rock%e2%80%99n%e2%80%99roll.html#comment-7983 John, probably you seek friends in wrong place ;) Moreover, I guess you have friends, certainly. <br />And as for credulous maids, instead of your laughing at poor dame, better propose her some good medicine for her cats. If parasites come away from cats for 1 day instead of 3 days, even your hapless friend will be capable to count it (I hope she is capable to see a difference between 1 and 3 :) ). And main result of your experiment will be that henceforth she will rate you as a great wiseacre and expert! :) :D John, probably you seek friends in wrong place ;) Moreover, I guess you have friends, certainly.
And as for credulous maids, instead of your laughing at poor dame, better propose her some good medicine for her cats. If parasites come away from cats for 1 day instead of 3 days, even your hapless friend will be capable to count it (I hope she is capable to see a difference between 1 and 3 :) ). And main result of your experiment will be that henceforth she will rate you as a great wiseacre and expert! :) :D

]]> By: Ramel http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2009/05/scepticism-is-new-rocknroll.html#comment-7982 Ramel Thu, 14 May 2009 11:22:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2009/05/scepticism-is-the-new-rock%e2%80%99n%e2%80%99roll.html#comment-7982 Sounds fantastic, hopfully we'll get one up north eventually. The only point I disagree with you on is that there sould never be another franchise fusion in the style of Aliens vs. Predator, that was a terrible film (althought the PC game was prettty good). Sounds fantastic, hopfully we’ll get one up north eventually. The only point I disagree with you on is that there sould never be another franchise fusion in the style of Aliens vs. Predator, that was a terrible film (althought the PC game was prettty good).

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