Trick or Treatment: The Event
Over the next few weeks, I will be taking the Quackometer on tour around the…
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Storm in a Tea Cup
Tim Minchin’s rather brilliant poem Storm is being made into a film. You can see…
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James Randi, Global Warming and the Nature of Scepticism
James Randi is a hero to many rational people around the world. He has done…
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To Coffee! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.
We have a conflicted relationship with the things that give us pleasure. We fear overindulgence…
Foundation for Integrated Health
Meddling Princes, Medical Regulation and Licenses to Kill
The Eighteenth Century in England was the Golden Age of Quackery, with London being a…
homeopathy
Can We Trust Homeopaths to Accredit Their Own Training?
In a recent submission to the House of Commons Evidence Committee on Homeopathy, the Society…
Christmas
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Bogus Science and Other Christmas Gifts
Yes, like it or not, now is the time to start thinking about the perfect…
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historical quackery
John Wesley and The Origins of the Natural Health Movement
Examine the discourse of any alternative medicine and you will encounter a surprisingly homogenous set…
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UNCRC Demands Equal Access to Quackery for Children
Last week, a comment piece in the Guardian asked, “Should there be freedom to mislead?”.…
Luc Montagnier
Why I am Nominating Luc Montagnier for an IgNobel Prize
Luc Montagnier is an interesting and strange character. Last year he was a shared winner…