Let me tell you a few stories about how I have nearly stopped blogging. Some of these stories you may know; others I have not talked about before. The events behind these stories have all hinged on England’s illiberal and antiquated approach to defamation laws. Those laws must change and here is why. Writing a blog, surprisingly, is not without its serious risks. Hobbies like skiing, diving or playing rubgy [read more…]
This week in the New Statesman Magazine, an article by Edzard Ernst will be appearing that responds to a dreadfully misleading advert by the homeopathic charity HMC21. Ernst will say, I was shocked by an advertisement in the accompanying supplemen… [read more…]
The quite extensive Patrick Holford promotion stand in WH Smith has been altered. Can you spot the difference? [read more…]
From Richard Lanigan’s blog, we learn that the head of the four chiropractic associations have written to the GCC to state that their members have no confidence in their regulatory abilities. Richard Brown, President of the British Chiropractic Association has written the letter, co-signed by Ross McDonald, Kevin Proudman and Bernadette Martin, the Presidents of the Scottish Chiropractors, the United Chiropractic Association and the McTimoney Chiropractors respectively. The letter notes [read more…]
The Persistence of Delusion When? Thursday, October 21 at 8:00PMDownload iCalendar file (e.g. import to Outlook or Google Calendar) Where?The Bongo Club37 Holyrood RoadEdinburghEH8 8BA Who?Andy LewisWhat’s the talk about? The late eighteenth centu… [read more…]
Misinformation about complementary and alternative therapies is rifeon the Internet, in newspapers and magazines and on the high street and this misinformation misleads the public. It is particularlyimportant that the public have accurate informat… [read more…]
Science is a human activity. And as such, it is subject to the full range of fallibilities of thought and action that people are capable of. Within science you will find sloppy and wishful thinking, error and even fraud. But science, rather uniquely, has methods designed explicitly to minimise human biases, reduce error and correct mistakes when they are found. It is this inherent error correction that makes science a [read more…]
After yesterdays complaint to the ASA regarding this ad, a complaint to the Society of Homeopaths really ought to be the only thing a concerned citizen could do. William Alderson is Chair and Treasurer of HMC21. He is also a Director of the Societ… [read more…]
This month’s New Statesman (Oct 2010) carries a full page ad for the homeopathy propaganda group H:MC21. It was contained with a supplement about Social Care. Christine Odone did not like the advert. She wrote about it in the Telegraph yesterday. … [read more…]
The following is the latest explanation as to why Benneth was allowed to talk at Cambridge http://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1074586;jsessionid=1CC5B0A9560E74B2FA93747DB5F9655D?format=mp3&quality=high Statement ——— The invitation to this speaker to… [read more…]
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