pseudoscience

Pseudoscience in Cancer Services; a survey of National Health Service Trusts in England A new paper (preprint) reports 13.6% of NHS England trusts contact through FOI requests were offering pseudoscientific clinical practices including reiki, aromatherapy, and reflexology to cancer patients.

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Hi all, I consider myself a true skeptic in the sense that I know that I know nothing... and even I couldn't be sure of that, may I add. :-) My philosophical and intellectual position is that there is NO WAY to tell science from pseudoscience with certainty. But I'm happily open to you...

"Magical Thinking: The Dangers of Pseudoscience" Presentation by Anthony Krishock Sponsored by CNY Skeptics Time: Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 7:00 PM EST Where: Manlius Library, One Arkie Albanese Ave, Manlius, NY, 13104, USA Event is Free and Open to the Public Light refreshments will be...

I'm talking about low level Scientology material only. Spurious BS that only comes much later is not relevant. This is not about the claims made in the upper levels of Scientology. This is about the logic Scientologists use to define something as a science. It's not that I don't have an inkling...

I have just read a volume in series of the book Understanding the World and in it is chapter on parapsychology by Mario Bunge. Here are some of the points he makes: Precognition violates the principle of antecedence ("causality"), according to which the effect does not happen before the...

JREF Forumites, I have stumbled across the following chunk of woo, and a search of the forum indicates it has not previously been discussed. I am submitting it for a general discussion aimed at enlightening me, and all others who may be interested, in how a critical thinker goes about...

McGill University, Montreal, October 18th http://www.mcgill.ca/science/trottier-symposium/october18/ "Drs. David Gorski, Ben Goldacre and Michael Shermer will share their wealth of experience and views on confronting pseudoscience. David Gorski is a surgical oncologist at Wayne State...

I'm looking at ways to compare history and pseudohistory with science and pseudoscience. I've read Shermer's work on the topic of pseudohistory, but I'm looking for a broader list of qualities of a pseudoscience for comparison. Can anyone point me in the direction of some kind of list that...

This thread has been created to allow the poster GMB to debate his claims with willing forum members, without disturbing other threads. The title has been taken straight from one of GMB's posts: I will not quote the messages that GMB posted prior to his suspension, but to get the discussion...

I received this spam mail and it is so jaw-droppingly ridiculous, I wondered if, in an attempt to part even more cash from Gullibles, the pseudo-science rhetoric can possibly get any further from reality - or is this just a random phrase generator at work? Anyway its well worth reading just to...

No, I don't mean the new Scientology attempt at their own video streaming site. This is actually (for now at least) on Youtube itself. For those of you (and I do sympathise) who don't fancy reading the mind-numbing trash that is "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health", or any other of...

Hi all I am doing some research about the misuse of energy and thermodynamics concepts (such as chakras, chi, energy pathway blockages, pure energy, 2nd law prohibits evolution, etc) in pseudoscience and was wondering if anyone here could help out with any of the following: a) Examples of...

Generally, at this site, we debunk things that claim to be sciences that aren't. Still, I want to take a moment to debunk claims that psychology is not a science. ("Psychology is not a science" gets 25,000+ hits on Google, so this is not a straw man.) I occasionally hear the claim that...

Howdy all, I just wanted to let everyone know that Athon and I have got a thread going on over at the "The Amaz!ng Meeting! and other Skeptical Events" forum. We're looking to get people interested in getting involved in a workshop at TAM6 for educators. Here's the link...

Having done an extensive bit of arguing with believers, woos, and the like, over the internet, it's really easy to see the same patterns in their arguments crop up. What I was wondering is if there would be some benefit to creating a sort of "flowchart" of the typical arguing tactics used by...

This is what happens when an incomplete education prevents someone from being able to scientifically understand something. I'm no physics expert, but it's painfully easy to see what mistakes he's making. jYMDsBN3t80 It's actually quite hilarious that he just totally flips out because I asked...

So I was browsing www.workingforchange.com today, because that's the kind of liberal weenie I am, and I ran across this article from Ellen Goodman: Science vs. Pseudoscience. There's some good food for thought in it, including a few current examples of idealogues who are treating scientific...

We know that "psi" primarily comes in the form of reported experiences that seem to indicate something bizzare and unexpected about the nature of the mind or consciousness. However, there are many normal explanations that can be offered for these experiences and the experiences are either easily...

North Korean state TV is showing a five part series called "Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle" which includes assertions that and http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1388275,00.html

It worries me that the brief of the JREF extends beynd the paranormal or supernatural into the realms of conventional fraud. It's not that pseudoscience of the type covered by Randi almost every week in his commentaries isn't worthy of being brought to light, rather that I think it potentially...

Can passing on what you heard about nickel cadmium batteries needing to be drained down to nothing (because you heard it from a friend of a friend who should know) make you happy? Can shunning medical treatment in defernce to herbal or prayer therapy make you happy? Would building your home in...

Hi all! In the September Issue of the Spanish Edition of Scientific American (here it is called "Investigacion y Ciencia") we can found at page 24 an article about MAGNETIC WATER!!! I wrote SA spain because the article is pure pseudoscience and it has very poor quality. With not response at...

I did not know whether to put this here or "skepticism" forum. This would seem to do. http://www.angelfire.com/home/ffc/index.htm

Diving is an activity based on hard science. The difference of of 5 feet can kill you. It is also a great pleasure of mine. If you sign up for DAN insurance, you get a monthly magazine about diving accidents and treatment. DAN is popular insurance for divers that covers the costs of treatment...

Is it just me or is Colorgenics another brand of pseudoscientific pap? http://www.colorgenics.com