The New Age Medicine of Prince Charles
Imagine the not too distant future. You book an appointment with your GP, as you have had a persistent and bad headache for a while […]
Year: 2010
Escaping the Cult of Homeopathy
How are we to understand the persistence of alternative medicine beliefs? Despite the absurdity of many of the claims of the various superstitious medicines, we […]
BBC Radio 4: The Life of Samuel Hahnemann
This the BBC Radio 4 programme that was on today about the Life of Samuel Hahnemann, founder of homeopathy. It is well worth a listen.http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/wdk90/ This is not a programme about whether homeopathy works or not. But an examination o…
TED Quacks
The TED talks are a treat. TED runs a series of conferences around the world where interesting people are invited to speak about “ideas worth […]
Homeopaths Find The Solution – Hire PR Consultants.
Under the banner of One Vision, One Voice you can watch the conference as it used a PR Consultant to brainstorm a set of ‘themes’ […]
I Have Been Putting on my Shoes
The Internet does not forget. This is, arguably, the single most important techno-sociological change that we, as individuals, corporations, celebrities and politicians, have had to […]
On the The Reckless Physicking of Amateur Females.
It would appear to be important for homeopaths to show how the rich, blue blooded and famous are supporters of homeopathy. One might suggest that […]
Can “Neuro-Electric Therapy” Treat Drug Addiction?
I have been sent an email where a recruitment consultant was looking for someone to train as a ‘drug worker’ using a technique called Neuro-Electric […]
‘Keep Scientists in Cages’ – The new wonderful quack slogan…
This perfect little piece of quack conspiratorial thinking comes from a homeopathy discussion forum. For all to see, is the Great Skeptic Scheme exposed. All I can say is that it is an honour to have my name in this list as an “harbinger of corpor…
The University of Wales Degree Validation Scam
This is essential viewing. Available for a few days more on BBC iPlayer, this Week In Week Out investigation shows how the University of Wales validates a huge range of colleges, both in the UK and abroad, to provides its degrees. These colleges r…