Skepticism

Anti Vaccine advocate ordered to pay $100K by court

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Stefan Lanka (pictured on the right-hand side above) is an anti-Vaccine advocate who was quite sure that Measles was simply a psychosomatic condition brought on by “traumatic separations.”, so he posted a challenge on his website – prove to him that measles is a virus and you get 100 thousand Euros. Challenge Accepted German doctor David … Read more

MP on select committee proposed Astrology as an NHS cure in the UK

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Last month the Conservative MP David Tredinnick, a well-known alternative medicine and astrology nut, gave an interview to the Astrological Journal, in which he suggested that prophecy could be used to treat patients in the NHS. He wrote … “There would be a huge row over resources. However, I do believe that astrology and complementary medicine would help take … Read more

Should the UK’s NHS fund homeopathy? #BBCTBQ

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Today’s BBC Big Questions has three – ‘Are the rich paying their fair share?’, ‘Should the NHS fund homeopathy?’ and ‘Are women taking over religion?’ Oh this is easy … “No”, “No”, and “Nobody cares (except a few religious folks)”, ah but getting there will be fun, because as I start to write this prior … Read more

Lawrence Krauss Debunks Eric Metaxas’ Fine-Tuning Argument

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Roughly about a month ago there was an article over on the Wall Street Journal entitled. “Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God.” by Eric Metaxas. Lawrence M. Krauss, a Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and Directors of the Origins Project at Arizona State University, attempted to reply, but the WSJ did not publish it, and … Read more

Deepak strikes again … his “God makes more sense” claim makes no sense at all

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Woo-master supreme, Deepak Chopra is back, and it is a familiar theme. The teaser starts well .. After two centuries of the tug-of-war between science and religion, it’s clear science occupies the dominant position. Ah but this is Mr Chopra, so you know that the “but” is just a few steps away, and sure enough it comes … Read more

The “World’s First Hoverboard” is not quite what you think it is

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There is a kickstarter for what is claimed to be the “World’s first Hoverboard” and so far it has managed to pull in 2,520 backers and $416,877. Sounds impressive, oh but wait, what exactly is the technology here, what is going on? If you read it all carefully, then you soon find that this is … Read more