Quack Word #40: ‘Energy’
Or ‘How to be debunked by a nine year old schoolgirl’ In the special world of the quack, the crank and the pseudo-scientist the word […]
Search Results for Homeopath
Right Royal College of Pompous Quackery – Dublin
I had to share this with you. Following on from my recent Quack Word ‘Doctor’ blog, I came across the Royal College of Alternative Medicine […]
Quack Word #3: ‘Doctor’
UPDATE 12/2/07 Congratulations to Ben Goldacre and the crew at Bad Science for getting Dr Gillian McKeith banned from using the title ‘Dr’. In today’s […]
Boots the Quack
I have recently been accused of working for the ‘drug industry’ and just picking on the ‘little guys’ who are using gentle, more human, and […]
Quack Word #12: ‘Organic’
I believe that organic food is a con, is not necessarily more healthy for you, tastes no different, and is damaging to the environment. There, […]
Quack Word #37: ‘Holistic’
As you know, the quackometer works by counting words, or combinations of words, that strongly suggest the web site is full of quackery. I thought […]
Do Hedgehogs Give My Cat Acupuncture?
I thought my post on Reiki Healing for Hedgehogs was going to be a one-off. But a recent trip to the garden centre has opened […]
The Science of Quackometrics
So, how does the Quackometer work? The quackometer counts words in web pages that quacks tend to use. The more quack words, the more quackery […]