Why Libel Laws Must Change
Let me tell you a few stories about how I have nearly stopped blogging. Some of these stories you may know; others I have not […]
Year: 2010
What has happened to Society of Homeopaths Director William Alderson?
This week in the New Statesman Magazine, an article by Edzard Ernst will be appearing that responds to a dreadfully misleading advert by the homeopathic charity HMC21. Ernst will say, I was shocked by an advertisement in the accompanying supplemen…
Before and After
The quite extensive Patrick Holford promotion stand in WH Smith has been altered. Can you spot the difference?
Chiropractors at War with their Regulator, the GCC
From Richard Lanigan’s blog, we learn that the head of the four chiropractic associations have written to the GCC to state that their members have […]
I will be doing a talk in Edinburgh this Thursday. Warm up act will be Richard Wiseman. See you there. #sitp
The Persistence of Delusion When? Thursday, October 21 at 8:00PMDownload iCalendar file (e.g. import to Outlook or Google Calendar) Where?The Bongo Club37 Holyrood RoadEdinburghEH8 8BA Who?Andy LewisWhat’s the talk about? The late eighteenth centu…
Announcing the launch of the Nightingale Collaboration at #TAMLondon
Misinformation about complementary and alternative therapies is rifeon the Internet, in newspapers and magazines and on the high street and this misinformation misleads the public. It is particularlyimportant that the public have accurate informat…
The Curious Case of Oxford University Press, Homeopathy and Charles Darwin
Science is a human activity. And as such, it is subject to the full range of fallibilities of thought and action that people are capable […]
A complaint to the Society of Homeopaths about the H:MC21 ad might be innevitable
After yesterdays complaint to the ASA regarding this ad, a complaint to the Society of Homeopaths really ought to be the only thing a concerned citizen could do. William Alderson is Chair and Treasurer of HMC21. He is also a Director of the Societ…
Just bought New Statesman and it pains me I may have to write to the ASA about a homeopath ad: you may too
This month’s New Statesman (Oct 2010) carries a full page ad for the homeopathy propaganda group H:MC21. It was contained with a supplement about Social Care. Christine Odone did not like the advert. She wrote about it in the Telegraph yesterday. …
Brian Josephson changes his statement regarding the John Benneth lecture on homeopathy
The following is the latest explanation as to why Benneth was allowed to talk at Cambridge http://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1074586;jsessionid=1CC5B0A9560E74B2FA93747DB5F9655D?format=mp3&quality=high Statement ——— The invitation to this speaker to…