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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

  • Sex and Gender

    Tribal Scepticism

    Andy L 3rd January, 2020
  • Sex and Gender

    On the existence of females

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

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    Andy L 21st November, 2014
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    What the Steiner Waldorf School Movement did not want you to read.

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    Andy L 14th June, 2013
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    Steiner Schools and Risk Factors for Child Abuse

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Very Soon, Falsely Using the Title ‘Dr’ Will Land You in a New Heap of Doo Doo

If you are worried about the activities of an alternative medicine practitioner, there is not…

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Andy L
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10th March, 2008
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Betting on Quackery

On the eve of the Cheltenham Festival, the race organisers are battling to repair the…

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Andy L
8 Comments
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8th March, 2008
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Las Mariposas Clinic: Costa Del Quackery

Watching the antics of quacks is funny and I hope some of that humour comes…

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Andy L
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4th March, 2008
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Life’s 4 Living: Audiokinetron and Lumatron Nonsense

A bit of a ding dong has started up over at HolfordWatch after they questioned…

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Andy L
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3rd March, 2008
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Hawley Harvey Crippen and Homeopathy

Hawley Harvey Crippen (1863-1910) was an American homeopath who was born to Andresee Skinner and…

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Andy L
15 Comments
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1st March, 2008
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Should Cochrane Call for More Research Into Homeopathy?

The Cochrane Collaboration is an independent network of volunteers, funded only by donations, that collate…

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Andy L
14 Comments
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25th February, 2008
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The Empire of Homeopaths Strike Back

We know it is going to be a fun year for watching Homeopaths. The fight…

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Andy L
10 Comments
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23rd February, 2008
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Netcetera are Recreant Milquetoasts and Poltroons. Positive Internet Stand Tall.

So, the Quackometer has been up and running for 24 hours now and most systems…

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Andy L
19 Comments
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21st February, 2008
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The Black Duck and its Phoenix like Powers

Please bear with me as the new quackometer goes through its re-birthing pangs. Transfering to…

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Andy L
16 Comments
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16th February, 2008
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Homeopathy Research Institute – The Highest Scientific Standards…

The Homeopathy Research Institute (HRI) has been set up by homeopaths Alex Tournier (who apparently…

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Andy L
19 Comments
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