Tag Archives: pseudoscience

Subluxations and Subpoenas – Prologue

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Joe

Here’s a thing I wrote in July 2009, back when British alternative medicine was simultaneously trying to silence critics in court and complaining that there was a powerful conspiracy against it. It disappeared in blog reorganisations and possibly was just … Continue reading →

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Creationism: not such a big deal in the UK after all

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Joe

This is another archival repost, originally written on the old blog in feb 2009, during the Darwin 200 celebrations. For eight years, the United States was the brawling village idiot of the developed world, so far as Europe seemed to … Continue reading →

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Simple rules

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Joe

This is another archival repost, originally written for the old blog in november 2007. The main driving force for creationists is not science, but ethics. Their trump card is that “evolution is immoral”: they cite “might makes right” and eugenics, … Continue reading →

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In which I inflict Ken Ham upon myself and others

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Joe

This is another archival repost originally written for the old blog in april 2008. I listened to a sermon[1] by Ken Ham, creationist head of Answers in Genesis, the other day. I was erm … researching a role? Anyway, it … Continue reading →

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Lay Science: Suspending Disbelief

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Joe

I was listening to an old episode of the SETI institute’s podcast Are We Alone, in which they talked to a CSICOP (or whatever it is they call themselves these days) investigator. He described how he approached claims of the … Continue reading →

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Help! Help! I’m being repressed

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Joe

(This is another archival repost of something written on the old blog a few years ago.) I’ve been catching up with about a month of blogosphere this weekend, after travelling, and other distractions. I managed to catch a discarded copy … Continue reading →

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Darwin, desperate for a cure

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Joe

This post is part of a series on The Origin Of Species.  It was originally posted on the old blog in feb 2009, during the Darwin 200 celebrations. I’ve not been up to writing anything new and insightful today. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Darwin was wrong!

Posted on May 24, 2008 by Joe

This is an archival repost originally written on the old blog in 2008. Hah! Made you look! No, but seriously… The schizophrenic argument of the creationists goes something like this (my paraphrasing): How can we believe anything these scientists say … Continue reading →

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Sunday syndrome #5: The anarchist that wasn’t

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Joe

This is another archival repost from the old blog — this one from January 2008.  The post is part five in a series. The series so far can be found here. In the first installment of Sunday Syndrome I used … Continue reading →

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One god short of an atheist

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Joe

This is another archival repost originally written for the old blog in november 2007. “Yes I agree, but this is different. Don’t lump us in with those charlatans!” Criticise quack miracle cures, irrational superstition, loony pseudoscience, and religion, and you … Continue reading →

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Scientific findings are always changing

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Joe

This is another archival repost originally written for the old blog in oct 2007. In an episode of Friends, Ross and Phoebe have a somewhat implausible argument about Evolution. The argument ends with Ross conceding a point about probability and … Continue reading →

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What is “spirituality”?

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Joe

This is another archival repost originally written for the old site in 2007. My initial intention was to write a quick Brain Fart post with random thoughts on a dozen or so topics that aren’t ready for a full post, … Continue reading →

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Why scientific April fools jokes don’t work

Posted on April 24, 2005 by Joe

This is another archival repost of something originally written on the old blog in 2005. There was a joke on the radio the other evening. The joke is that the scientist is obviously joking, but the gullible shepherd doesn’t realise … Continue reading →

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More anti-science crooks: The smokers

Posted on April 15, 2005 by Joe

This is another archival repost of something written on the old blog waaay back in April 2005. This evening I’ve come across the first of what is for me a whole new world of anti-science stupidy. It comes in the … Continue reading →

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