Dr Steven Novella describes how to spot quackery:
Excellent stuff. Add this to your toolkit alongside Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
Science-Based Medicine describes the failure of acupuncture to evidence its claims of efficacy and that, despite this failure, acupuncture is increasingly popular with the general population, seduced by its apparent plausibility and its apparent antiquity.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
There comes a time when it’s clear that only the delusional or the deceitful claim evidence for their case when, in reality, said evidence indicates the opposite. Homeopaths and proponents of homeopathy have exhibited such delusional/deceitful behaviours regularly. The Quackometer and Zeno’s Blog describe the most recent of these behaviours:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
tenneral on the stupidity and deceitfulness of evangelist, miracles, the Vatican and religions in general:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
Well, you could think of Mormonism and its Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a joke. Or you can think of them as an evil and hateful organisation. Full of nonsense, full of injustice, full of hatred. Here’s an example:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
Catholics attack rationality…no change there then!
The religious do not have a real concept of reality, of common sense. They are cocooned in their little fantasy world and feel threatened when someone points out weaknesses and other nonsense that the religious live in. So to protect their world, to hold onto power, the entrench further against reality, the religious lash out even it means that they make themselves even more fools.
I would go further and say that some of the religious know that some things are not true and deliberately delude and scam the people. How else can you explain the actions of these Catholic?
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
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
Need to keep an eye on this, Burzynski is being sued by en elderly patient:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2012
Further detailed information on the Burzynski Clinic and the treatments that they offer:
Other previous articles from myself:
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011
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