More Fun with Homeopath Dana Ullman, MPH(!)

Wow, I'm surprised this thread has reached a thousand posts. I'll tell my friends sbernie about it as I'm sure he hasn't checked up on this in weeks.
 
JJM said:
Since Roy did not address his Homeopathy paper in the Nature comment, I planned to ignore his post. My thought was along the lines That should light a fire under any scientist. I thought to send it now because 1- it may put pressure on Fisher to respond, and B- it is still a current event.

In the issue of Homeopathy under consideration, Rao et al (reference) published an article concerning, among other things, the UV-Vis spectroscopy of ethanol and ethanol-based homeopathic preparations. Their reference spectrum of "pure ethanol" is obviously highly contaminated, if it even is based on ethanol. The spectra of their homeopathic preparations appear to be spectra of ordinary, potable ethanol taken from different sources (i.e., production lots). We have sent a letter to the editor (Peter Fisher) describing these errors in more detail.
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I am open to suggestion; but I still defer to Rolfe. We should have a uniform front.
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I had a draft list of questions for Roy, however having read JJM's suggestion, I'm totally convinced his is superior. I know of no reason why JJM should defer to me :D , but hey, go with it.

Now.

That's an order!

Rolfe.
 
Rolfe said:
I had a draft list of questions for Roy, however having read JJM's suggestion, I'm totally convinced his is superior. I know of no reason why JJM should defer to me :D , but hey, go with it.

Now.

That's an order!

Rolfe.
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Aye, Aye! I go, and it is done ... (held for approval, there.)
 
Rolfe said:
Given all that, and Holmes and his colleagues just a few years later, why are these guys still around in 2007?

There's only one answer - "there must be something in it"! :D

Rolfe.
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There's gold in them thar hills 30c preparations of belladonna. Gold, I tells ya!
 
Aye, Aye! I go, and it is done ... (held for approval, there.)
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Excellent stuff. I hadn't been following this thread, it seemed too long. Good to see. I wonder, what are the chances of getting any response from the authors?
 
Hard to say. Roy, like many homoeopaths, seems very keen to butt in and rail against perceived general criticism, but whether he'll be so keen to address specific, detailed and justified criticism remains to be seen.

Rolfe.
 
Dana is looking for reviewers for The Homeopathic Revolution.
As most of you probably know, my forthcoming book will be published in
mid-October. One magazine has already written me saying that they are
looking for someone to review it for their publication, and we expect many
others will want to receive reviews.

If you are open to doing so, please let me know. We can send you a
complementary copy if you live in the U.S.
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Would anyone in the U.S. care to oblige?



I'm not sure what the "complementary copy" is supposed to complement.
 
The Quackometer has a great critique of the promotional bumph for the new Dana (8 canards) book:

Now, it is a usual quack's trick, when you have little scientific evidence to back up your claims, to fall back on celebrity endorsements. This book is a big list of celebrities, politicians and other prominent figures who have allegedly been duped into using homeopathy. His number one claim is,

Charles Darwin could not have written Origin of Species without the homeopathic treatment that he received from Dr. Gully (based on Darwin's own letters!).​

Read on….

http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/08/charles-darwin-and-homeopathy.html
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More about “the most important work” of Dana Ullman’s life (along with a list of the celebrity endorsements) here...

http://www.homeopathicrevolution.com/

including this modest prediction...

The media LOVE to report about our cultural heroes, and this book will give them so much unique information that the media will be reporting about information from this book for years, if not decades. Help us to inform the media about homeopathy!

(My bold)
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We’ll do our best, but not in the way you’re hoping for.
 
Mojo said:
He seems to be very proud of this thread: he's directed people to it from otherhealth as well as from Respectful Insolence.

Maybe we'll see some of the comments here used in his publicity!
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Hehehe. His email name is "dullman".
</Beavis and Butthead>

I have to say, though, it's disappointing to see that he does not have enough understanding of the topic to realize how thoroughly he was trashed. And I am still quite disappointed at how profoundly dishonest he is. He seems to be prepared to go ahead and publish what he now knows to be lies.

Linda
 
First you say this:

fls said:
...I have to say, though, it's disappointing to see that he does not have enough understanding of the topic to realize how thoroughly he was trashed.
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And then you follow with this:
And I am still quite disappointed at how profoundly dishonest he is. He seems to be prepared to go ahead and publish what he now knows to be lies.
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Perhaps he just does not realize that during the trashing it was revealed he was writing lies. He seems detached from reality.

But I'm willing to accept he is a professional liar.
 
Hydrogen Cyanide said:
Perhaps he just does not realize that during the trashing it was revealed he was writing lies. He seems detached from reality.

But I'm willing to accept he is a professional liar.
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I don't think he understood that his defense of the research for homeopathy was trashed. I do think he must understand that what he wrote about Holmes and Darwin was wrong. That part does not require any technical knowledge, after all.

Linda
 
Anyway, Linda, HCN, I think you're both in the U.S. Are either of you going to take Dana up on his offer of a "complementary" review copy?
 
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