Begging the Question for Homeopathy
As my own personal tribute to Homeopathy Awareness Week, and as promised in my last post, I would like to critique a paper that has […]
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Sue the Blogger: Homeopathic Thinking
Sue Young, homeopath, writer, historian, mother and a daughter, had a bit of a shock last week when a ‘murder’ of quack-busters descended on what […]
Self-Awareness in Homeopathy Awareness Week
Originally posted for World Homeopathy Awareness Week, I thought this would be worth bumping up for Homeopathy Awareness Week 2007 (14-21st June), organised by the […]
Step Aside, I’m a Homeopath!
It is difficult to know when looking at the claims of many alternative medicine web sites, whether the people involved are a) deluded or b) […]
Skinny Homeopathic Grande Cappuccino To Go Please
Yes, sometimes I do get filled with self-doubts, usually in the night. It soon passes. But you see, there is just so much quackery out […]
The Paradox of the Good Homeopath
A correspondent has made valid points about the quackometer that I should be careful to ensure that it only awards Canards to real quacks. A […]
PATHWAYS: A Trial Built on Missing Data, Pseudoscience, and Quiet Cruelty
November 2025, and the NHS has finally launched the PATHWAYS trial. Two hundred and twenty-six children, most only just into puberty, will be randomised: half […]
Scepticism and The Social Ubiquity of Magical Thinking
An essential read for any sceptic is the early 19th Century classic, The Golden Bough by Cambridge Scholar Sir James Fraser. Fraser set out to […]
Unboxing a 5G Protection Device
What is in those boxes that claim to protect you from 5G radiation? Who is selling them and are they deluded or dishonest in what they do?
Tribal Scepticism
So, Rebecca Watson of @skepchicks has produced a video calling JK Rowling a ‘bigoted fuckface’. She comes to this conclusion because the Harry Potter author defended Maya Forstater after Maya lost an employment tribunal over her beliefs that sex is binary and immutable.