Category Archives: quacks

Conspiracy deathmatch

Posted on January 19, 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 →

Posted in medicine, pseudoscience, quacks, science, silliness, technology | 2 Comments

Facebook rant about Facebook cancer hoax

Posted on February 26, 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 →

Posted in bad people, cancer research, medicine, publishing, quacks, rants, science | 5 Comments

Hanging out on corners

Posted on December 7, 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 →

Posted in blog buddies, blog roll, cancer research, meta, quacks, rants, science | 11 Comments

iFacepalm

Posted on January 17, 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 →

Posted in medicine, pseudoscience, quacks, screenshots, silliness, technology | 8 Comments

Herb-crusted tuna, with a piquant spam sauce

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My institute’s main website displays the full email address of every single person in the building. As a result, our email filters are fighting a losing battle against an endless barrage of spam: mostly advertisements for certain classes of prescription … Continue reading →

Posted in quacks, silliness, the wonders of technology | 7 Comments

Smart phonies

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The BBC have a great article today about a new craze in Japan: “therapeutic” ring tones. And what, pray, is a therapeutic ring tone? Well, for starters, there’s the ring tone that relieves hay fever caused by the famous cherry … Continue reading →

Posted in quacks, silliness, Things I read on the BBC website | Tagged , , | 12 Comments