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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
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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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be4 + afta

I have added new analytical debunking capability to the quackometer by employing the subtle subversive…

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Andy L
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8th November, 2007
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Dr Elaine Weatherley-Jones: You and Yours and ME

Radio 4's You and Yours programme has been running a series on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME.…

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Andy L
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5th November, 2007
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The Quack Language Instinct

Put down your sweaty iPod Touch and slide your fingers over the downy back of…

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Andy L
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4th November, 2007
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The Magic Watergate Scandal

I am officially bored by the Society of Homeopaths. But just when I thought it…

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Andy L
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27th October, 2007
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The Society of Homeopaths: Truth Matters

I doubt we will ever see an X-Factor moment where a homeopath is forced to…

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Andy L
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26th October, 2007
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The Memetics of Quackery – Part 1

This is an old post, but I wanted to bump it up given the current…

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Andy L
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25th October, 2007
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Skeptics’ Circle #72: You Very Naughty Girls and Boys.

Right. Skeptic Class. Stop what you are doing. Silence. Stop Talking. iPods out of your…

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Andy L
7 Comments
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24th October, 2007
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An Allergy to Truth

According to Allergy UK, they are "a national medical charity established to represent the views…

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Andy L
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23rd October, 2007
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Malarial Shaped Holes

That BBC Newsnight Video Again...more info from the BBCAnd James Randi giving his witty insights…

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Andy L
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21st October, 2007
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No Logos

Bach Flower Essences are a sort of homeopathic flower essence made with brandy. As such,…

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Andy L
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