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Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps?
The Illusion of Proof: Confirmation bias and the Lucy Letby Case
What would an ethical clinical trial into puberty blockers look like?
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 2
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1
Brighton Sceptics and the Reece’s Pieces
Getting AI to write a Thesis on Transgender and Non-binary Archaeology.
The Muddling of the American Mind – Part II
Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps?
The Illusion of Proof: Confirmation bias and the Lucy Letby Case
What would an ethical clinical trial into puberty blockers look like?
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 2
Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1
Brighton Sceptics and the Reece’s Pieces
Getting AI to write a Thesis on Transgender and Non-binary Archaeology.
The Muddling of the American Mind – Part II
  • Science or Snake Oil: Will the NHS Puberty Blocker Trial Harm More Than It Helps?

  • The Illusion of Proof: Confirmation bias and the Lucy Letby Case

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    Tribal Scepticism

    Andy L 3rd January, 2020
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    On the existence of females

    Andy L 8th June, 2020
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    Have Homeopaths Reached Peak Stupid?

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    What the Steiner Waldorf School Movement did not want you to read.

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    Steiner Schools and Risk Factors for Child Abuse

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Sip Drink: Unnatural, Unethical, Farcical

If you were a dodgy plumber or made misleading double glazing adverts, you could expect…

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Andy L
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11th June, 2008
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Bravewell and the Prince

Quackery in the UK has friends in the highest places. Despite constitutional restrictions on the…

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Andy L
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31st May, 2008
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Floating Fenzian in the Dragons’ Den

Just a day after I write about Dr James Colthurst and the Fenzian device (see…

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Andy L
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28th May, 2008
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Welcome to the Placebo Store.

The advert begins...I'm Jen. I am a mommy. It's what I love. It's my job…

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Andy L
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27th May, 2008
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Turning A Pint of Tea Leaves into Pure Gold

Dr James Colthurst and the Fenzian MachineNo, I haven't gone all Daily Express on you.…

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Andy L
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22nd May, 2008
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Fun with the Code of Ethics

The Society of Homeopaths have recently had their 30th Anniversary Annual General Meeting and Conference…

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Andy L
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14th May, 2008
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How Life Healthcare Coped with the Terror of an ASA Investigation.

The Advertising Standards Authority is one of the few regulatory bodies in the UK regularly…

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Andy L
32 Comments
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7th May, 2008
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How to become a Daytime TV Expert: The Jayney Goddard Story

Professor Jayney Goddard is the president of the Complementary Medical Association (CMA), "the world's largest…

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Andy L
39 Comments
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6th May, 2008
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Neal’s Yard Remedies ‘rapped by medicines regulator’

In a recent post, I described how Neal's Yard Remedies had withdrawn their Malaria homeopathy…

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Andy L
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1st May, 2008
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On Bullshit and Mindfucking

Edzard Ernst has accused practitioners of alternative medicine of lying to their patients. In last…

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Andy L
17 Comments
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