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Falsely balanced or balanced by falsity?

29th January, 2013 Simon Baker 25

This is a guest post from vet, Simon Baker. It is timely for me as last week I turned down the offer of being interviewed […]

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Why Does the MHRA Not Close Down these Homeopaths?

18th January, 2013 Andy L 69

BBC South West have again produced an excellent investigation into the practices of homoeopath,s this time focusing on the trade in sugar pills sold as vaccines for children. Given […]

Steiner Academy Bristol, A Challenge: Be Open With Parents

8th January, 2013 Andy L 252

The proposed Steiner School in Bristol was reported yesterday to have attracted ‘huge interest’ from prospective parents. They say 850 people have expressed an interest […]

Tory Free Schools Plot to Spin Away the Racism of Steiner Schools.

7th January, 2013 Andy L 33

Last year, I wrote to my local MP, Lib Dem Tessa Munt, to raise concerns that the nearby opening of a state funded Steiner School […]

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2013 Will See the End of NHS Homeopathy Hospitals in England.

27th December, 2012 Andy L 98

On the 7th of January 2013, the Cotham Hill site of the Bristol Homeopathic Hospital will close and the staff will move to a new […]

Steiner Schools Criticise Mainstream Schools’ stance on ‘Father Christmas’

17th December, 2012 Andy L 20

A spokesperson for the Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship in the UK has today warned that mainstream schools could be covertly teaching occult and mystical philosophies […]

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Will Any Homeopath Say Homeopathy is no Substitute for Radiotherapy?

7th December, 2012 Andy L 247

The story is tragic. A young mother with a child with cancer, fearing that radiotherapy will do more harm than good, and believing homeopathy and […]

How Steiner Schools Justify their Occult Pedagogy.

27th November, 2012 Andy L 18

Rudolf Steiner was very clear to his teachers. Young children were incapable of abstract reasoning until they were 14 and their “astral body” had incarnated. […]

Three Quack Stories and Santa’s Quantum Sack

26th November, 2012 Andy L 18

The December issue of the nation’s most dangerous quack magazine, What Doctors Don’t Tell You, is hitting the magazine shelves of your local supermarket and […]

The BBC Report on Frome Steiner Academy

23rd November, 2012 Andy L 95

  My criticisms of Steiner Schools have focused mainly on how they avoid telling parents an authorities about the occult nature of their philosophy. Indeed, […]

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What Every Parent Should Know About Steiner-Waldorf Schools

2nd November, 2012 483

You may know my feelings about Steiner/Waldorf Schools*. Most importantly, that prospective parents are not being told about the occult foundations of the Steiner philosophy. […]

What Doctors Don’t Tell You – A Publishing Sensation

4th October, 2012 336

Hot on the heels of the new killer magazine What Doctors Don’t Tell You we are seeing an explosion of new titles trying to mimic […]

Why is Homeopathy Successful?

13th January, 2012 224

Just before Christmas, Lia Burkeman and Stephanie Kramer, wrote an article for Urban Times that asked the question, “Homeopathy: Can it be a Success Story?” To […]

On the The Reckless Physicking of Amateur Females.

16th November, 2010 35

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 […]

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The Futility of Finding Physical Explanations for Homeopathy

10th October, 2010 52

From the very first decades of homeopathy’s existence in the early 19th Century, mainstream scientists have dismissed its claims for one simple reason: the extremely […]

Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1

14th April, 2024 28

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

22nd November, 2023 0

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 […]

The Muddling of the American Mind – Part II

22nd March, 2023 17

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

23rd July, 2022 76

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 […]

On the Sex Deracination Gambit

19th July, 2021 19

Prospect Magazine is an “intellectuals’” magazine in the UK covering arts, society, science and politics. Their Summer issue contains an essay by journalist Angela Saini […]

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