BBC Newsnight article on the role of the UK government/military in promoting the scam bomb detectors. If the claims are true, I have no qualms in stating that those involved in promoting these devices are morally decrepit, incompetent and evil.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011
The CBC recently aired a “Marketplace” programme on homeopathy. By all (credible!) accounts it was a very good piece of investigation and exposé of homeopathy. Two articles worth reading are:
These are the CBC videos on YouTube:
I think that the programme should have emphasised the results from clinical trials rather than the lack of active ingredients in homeopathic treatments. It is clinical trials that indicate if an hypothesis is correct, and homeopathy fails big time; there is no doubt in the results. Still, good programme.
Science, through proper clinical trials, has shown that homeopathy is nothing more than a placebo, and homeopaths are ignoring such evidence. Homeopathy is not a mystery; it’s a placebo. What is a mystery is why this nonsense gets so much support; homeopaths keep pushing their pills and sometimes at the expense of real medicine, causing harm in the process. That mother giving homeopathic treatments in lieu of real vaccinations should be reported for child abuse. And treatment for cancer? It certainly seems that homeopaths are unethical.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2011
Dear US Government, can you please direct some of your efforts to prosecuting Peter Popoff? I don’t understand why he isn’t already in jail.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010
The sad thing is that people buy into this crystal/energy/frequency nonsense:
Here’s an earlier related article:
Quackery? Scam? You decide.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010
Thanks to Randi’s article, I came across this video. This is great stuff debunking all those scams out there. Brilliant!
Now, look at this video below for a product called “iRenew”. These “iRenew” folks must be having a joke, right? Wait, I can see that this product actually appears to be on sale…
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010
The excellent QuackWatch is being sued by Doctor’s Data after QuackWatch exposed Doctor’s Data as a scam.
Attempted intimidation by a quack
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/07/attempted_intimidation_by_a_qu.php
QuackWatch offers a rich resource on all matters related to fighting nonsense, scams and other quackery. Well worth visiting. Their mission statement:
Quackwatch is now an international network of people who are concerned about health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct. Its primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere. Founded by Dr. Stephen Barrett in 1969 as the Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud (Allentown, Pennsylvania), it was incorporated in 1970. In 1997, it assumed its current name and began developing a worldwide network of volunteers and expert advisors. Our activities include:
- Investigating questionable claims
- Answering inquiries about products and services
- Advising quackery victims
- Distributing reliable publications
- Debunking pseudoscientific claims
- Reporting illegal marketing
- Assisting or generating consumer-protection lawsuits
- Improving the quality of health information on the Internet
- Attacking misleading advertising on the Internet
- Consumer Health Digest, a free weekly e-mail newsletter
- The healthfraud discussion list, which has about 600 members
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010