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Category Archives: Pseudoscience
Just when I thought I was out…
In case you’re wondering where I’ve been (and I’m sure no-one was): apart from grading a few essays, and servicing my growing Twitter addiction, I have done what I regularly swear I won’t and got involved in an argument with … Continue reading
Posted in Annoyances, Medicine, Pseudoscience, The Interwebz
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Quantum homeopathic flapdoodle
I had wanted to post something for World Homeopathy Awareness Week (WHAW), which ended a few days ago. However, I have been hampered by the fact that, whenever I think about writing anything more about homeopathy, I tend to find … Continue reading
Stop Press: BCA drop case against Simon Singh
Breaking news from the internet: there are strong signs that the British Chiropractic Association have dropped their long-running libel case against Simon Singh: see here from the barristers’ chambers of one of Singh’s legal team, which says the BCA have … Continue reading
Posted in Annoyances, Pseudoscience, Public engagement
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Simon Singh vs. the chiropractors: today in court
Noted British science writer Simon Singh was in the High Court today for an Appeal Hearing, the latest stage of his long-running legal battle with the British Chiropractic Association (BCA). The hearing today was before a very senior panel of … Continue reading
Posted in Pseudoscience, Public engagement, Science policy, Uncategorized
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