Category Archives: quacks

Conspiracy deathmatch

Posted on 19 January 2015 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I realized recently that, in the best tradition of fighting fire with fire, it’s possible to counter some conspiracy theories by invoking other conspiracy theories. The best two examples I’ve come up with so far are as follows: The anti-vaccination … Continue reading →

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Facebook rant about Facebook cancer hoax

Posted on 26 February 2013 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I just posted the following on Facebook, and thought I’d share it here, too – the wider the news that this is a hoax is disseminated, the better for everyone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’ve seen a Facebook post about cancer circulating among … Continue reading →

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Hanging out on corners

Posted on 7 December 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I realised this morning that I’ve been delinquent in doing my part to promote an exciting new Occam’s Typewriter venture – a group blog, Occam’s Corner, on the Guardian’s science blogs network. (I did add the feed to the “Latest … Continue reading →

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iFacepalm

Posted on 17 January 2012 by Cath@VWXYNot?

If only everyone knew how easy it can be to solve complex, deap-seated medical problems! Looks legit – it’s on Wikipedia, after all. I mean, sure, there’s a disclaimer – but they only have to put those in for legal … Continue reading →

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