Did that title get your attention? Oh, don’t worry. It’s total nonsense. But I figured that it might be worth distilling some thirty comments down to a couple of words. A few years ago, Scott Carnegie had the audacity to state (factually, I might add) that KIDS 0-9 Cough & Cold remedy is not medicine. … Continue reading Homeopathy Works
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This is a transcript of the presentation that I gave to the Winnipeg Skeptics for World Homeopathy Awareness Week. It was originally posted to Startled Disbelief. While preparing for this talk, I briefly considered diluting what I had to say. I figured that it would be a nice bit of homeopathic humour, and although the … Continue reading The History of Homeopathy
On this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Ashlyn, Laura, Gem, and Lauren talk about the history and practice of chiropractic medicine, then Ashlyn hosts a game of -ology A–Z! Life, the Universe & Everything Else is a program promoting secular humanism and scientific skepticism that is produced by the Winnipeg Skeptics. Links: … Continue reading Episode 119: Chiropractic
Episode 65: Homeopathic Nosodes and Nostrums In this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Gem Newman talks about homeopathic medicine in theory and practice, and is joined by Michael Kruse of Bad Science Watch to discuss the Stop Nosodes campaign. Life, the Universe & Everything Else is a program promoting secular humanism and … Continue reading Episode 65: Homeopathic Nosodes and Nostrums
Cross-posted from Skeptic North. A news article from the Irish Independent has been making the rounds these last few days. With the cheery title of “Wave goodbye to global warming, GM and pesticides” this (almost) unbelievably credulous bit of reportage claims that a new technology developed in Ireland will solve pretty well every modern-day agricultural … Continue reading Irish Company Solves World Hunger, Climate Change, Small Chickens
The following is a guest post from Brendan Curran-Johnson, who was one of our presenters at last year’s SkeptiCamp. Here, Brendan responds to a few of the claims made in an image that’s currently circulating on Facebook, which originates from the hilarious den of conspiracy nuttery that is Truther.org. While I certainly support people learning … Continue reading Bad Advice from Truther.org
Reprinted from Bad Science Watch. PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bad Science Watch to Health Canada: De-register Homeopathic Vaccines Toronto, ON – Wednesday August 1st, 2012 – Today, the new Canadian science advocacy group Bad Science Watch announced plans to convince Health Canada to de-register homeopathic health products that are offered as unproven replacements for … Continue reading Bad Science Watch to Health Canada: De-register Homeopathic Vaccines
SkeptiCamp Winnipeg is a conference for the sharing of ideas. It is free and open to the public: anyone can attend and participate! Presentations and discussions focus on science and free inquiry, and the audience is encouraged to challenge presenters to defend their ideas. SkeptiCamp is based on the highly successful BarCamp model. The basic … Continue reading SkeptiCamp Winnipeg 2010
