Matharu's Rants and Raves » DC’s Improbable Science http://www.metalvortex.com/blog Kulvinder Matharu's Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:52:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Burzynski and Yes to Life charity in trouble http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2012/01/25/745.html http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2012/01/25/745.html#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:13:39 +0000 Kulvinder Matharu http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2012/01/25/745.html
  • Burzynski in Court for negligence, negligent misrepresentation, fraud, deceptive trade and conspiracy
  • Burzynski Clinic treatments
  • The Burzynski Clinic Threatens 17 Year Old Blogger
    • ]]>     All this recent exposure of the controversy surrounding the Burzynski Clinic has exposed the Yes to Life charity to scrutiny and, especially, the charity’s funding from benefit concerts.

    As always, Quackometer has a blog on this:

    Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012

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    ]]>     http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2012/01/25/745.html/feed 0     Burzynski in Court for negligence, negligent misrepresentation, fraud, deceptive trade and conspiracy http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2012/01/20/740.html http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2012/01/20/740.html#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:39:37 +0000 Kulvinder Matharu http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2012/01/20/740.html
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    • ]]>     Need to keep an eye on this, Burzynski is being sued by en elderly patient:

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    ]]>     http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2012/01/20/740.html/feed 0     The fight against woo – a good start to the year http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2012/01/01/733.html http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2012/01/01/733.html#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:18:48 +0000 Kulvinder Matharu http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2012/01/01/733.html
  • More dangerous nonsense from the University of Westminster: when will Professor Geoffrey Petts do something about it?
  • Is Professor Geoffrey Petts of the University of Westminster lying?
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    • ]]>     DC’s Improbable Science has posted a summary of the fiver-year battle against the nonsense that UK universities have taught. It’s encouraging:

    Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012

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    ]]>     http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2012/01/01/733.html/feed 0     Burzynski Clinic treatments http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/12/05/715.html http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/12/05/715.html#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:46:30 +0000 Kulvinder Matharu http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/12/05/715.html
  • Burzynski Clinic
  • Threats from the Burzynski Clinic
  • The Burzynski Clinic Threatens 17 Year Old Blogger
    • ]]>     Further detailed information on the Burzynski Clinic and the treatments that they offer:

    Other previous articles from myself:

    Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

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    ]]>     http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/12/05/715.html/feed 0     The Observer, the Burzynski Clinic, and Complicity in Misinformation http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/12/04/711.html http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/12/04/711.html#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:36:38 +0000 Kulvinder Matharu http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/12/04/711.html
  • The Burzynski Clinic Threatens 17 Year Old Blogger
  • Burzynski Clinic
  • Threats from the Burzynski Clinic
    • ]]>     No one wants to admit that they’re wrong. Pointing them to well researched articles, exposing flaws in their logic and their decisions should make a reasonable person change their mind. But this isn’t the case most of the time. Instead, people believe that they’re under attack and become more firmly entrenched in their positions. I suspect a lot of people, consciously or unconsciously, know that they’re wrong but will grasp at anything, however nonsensical, to support their views. People who write newspaper articles are no different

    Quackometer has posted an article today that describes how The Observer has responded to the concerns raised on the newspaper’s support for the Burzynski Clinic. It would appear that The Observer has fallen in the above trap; it has failed to address the concerns raised and has, instead, gone on the offensive in attacking the reasonable such as blogger Rhys Morgan. This would indicate that there is something far wider amiss in the way that The Observer tries to exert its power and influence. I strongly suggest that you read the Quackometer article.

    There are two things I would like re-iterate in line with what I’ve previously written. Firstly, those who are considering procuring treatments from the Burzynski Clinic should go into this with their eyes open; be honest with yourself. Secondly, the disgraceful behaviour of the Burzynski Clinic still needs to be addressed. It is my hope that all the recent publicity will fully expose the clinic’s behaviour to the world, but this will not be easy with unreasonable and sycophantic articles such as those from The Observer.

    Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

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    ]]>     http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/12/04/711.html/feed 0     The Burzynski Clinic Threatens 17 Year Old Blogger http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/11/29/705.html http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/11/29/705.html#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:13:11 +0000 Kulvinder Matharu http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/11/29/705.html
  • Threats from the Burzynski Clinic
  • Burzynski Clinic
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    • ]]>     Just go there and read the tale of Rhys Morgan:

    And here is Morgan’s blog:

    Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

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    ]]>     http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/11/29/705.html/feed 0     Burzynski Clinic http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/11/27/700.html http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/11/27/700.html#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:07:06 +0000 Kulvinder Matharu http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/11/27/700.html
  • Threats from the Burzynski Clinic
    • ]]>     Further to my own article on the threats being issued by the Burzynski Clinic, there is an article from DC’s Improbable Science:

    Update 29 Nov 2011: More related posts:

    1. Stanislaw, Streisand and Spartacus
      http://josephinejones.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/stanislaw-streisand-and-spartacus/
    2. Links to Burzynski Clinic Quackery stories
      http://cybergibbons.posterous.com/82537757
    3. Stanislaw Burzynski: Bad medicine, a bad movie, and bad P.R.
      http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/stanislaw-burzynski-bad-medicine-a-bad-movie/

    Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

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    ]]>     http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/11/27/700.html/feed 0     More on the apparent stridency of atheists http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/11/06/680.html http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/11/06/680.html#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:01:32 +0000 Kulvinder Matharu http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/11/06/680.html
  • Sick
  • “Center for Inquiry” attack on atheists
  • PDF Readers…PDF-XChange!
    • ]]>     I recently posted an article regarding the apparent stridency of atheists. DC’S Improbable Science has also just posted an article where stridency is also mentioned. Good stuff.

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    ]]>     http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/11/06/680.html/feed 0     University of Wales – validation of external degrees http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/10/14/665.html http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/10/14/665.html#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:57:41 +0000 Kulvinder Matharu http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/10/14/665.html
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    • ]]>     This from Quackometer on The University of Wales:

    …and this from DC’s Improbable Science where the University’s previous practices on validating external degrees are described as bordering on corrupt:

    However, what about the people within the University that promoted this practice? Are they still there to further poison the well of education? And it seems that this disgraceful practice is still undertaken at other universities so I imagine that all those external bogus organisations will get their bullshit degrees validated one way or the other.

    dumb

    Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

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    ]]>     http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/10/14/665.html/feed 0     Southampton University; be careful what you teach http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/07/04/621.html http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/07/04/621.html#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:19:45 +0000 Kulvinder Matharu http://www.metalvortex.com/blog/2011/07/04/621.html
  • Middlesex University – they teach this crap?
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    • ]]>
  • Apologists for Andrew Wakefield at Southampton University: a Russell group university teaching some dangerous nonsense
    http://www.dcscience.net/?p=4582

    • Please, please, please, please, please, Southampton University. Quality courses and critical thinking skills go a long way. Let’s keep the garbage out.

    keep britain tidy

    Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011

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