The Irresistible Demise of Bristol Waldorf School.
So, some catch up news: the Bristol Steiner School – or as it was briefly known in its desperate rebranding phase, the Bristol Waldorf School […]
Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps?
In spring 2025, NHS England may launch its much-anticipated “Pathways” trial into puberty blockers, a £10.7 million endeavour led by King’s College London and backed […]
The Illusion of Proof: Confirmation bias and the Lucy Letby Case
Conspiracy theorists fall victim to a fundamental misunderstanding of how to evaluate and synthesise evidence. It’s not that they believe despite a lack of evidence, […]
What would an ethical clinical trial into puberty blockers look like?
In light of the Cass Review, the new use of puberty blockers for children is now pretty much restricted to those enrolled in clinical trials […]
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 2
Continued from Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1 The Myths (Part 1) … Myth 1: 98% of […]
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1
It has now been just little under a week since the publication of the long anticipated NHS independent review of gender identity services for children […]
Brighton Sceptics and the Reece’s Pieces
from the twitter thread. Let me tell you about “Reece’s Pieces”. So, Brighton Skeptics were to hold a talk in January between Hannah Barnes and […]
Getting AI to write a Thesis on Transgender and Non-binary Archaeology.
So, today we discovered that The University of York is going to offer the ex-mayor of Bangor a PhD scholarship to study “Transgender and Non-Binary […]
The Muddling of the American Mind – Part II
Apologies for the delay on publshing Part II. The weight of muddle proved too much for me at times! But I thought I must publish […]
The Muddling of the American Mind: Part I
In a recent blog post on the web site Science Based Medicine, Steven Novella asks the question “What does the science actually say about biological […]