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Tim Barclay
In April 2008, Simon Singh, author of the excellent Big Bang and Trick or Treatment: Alternative Medicine on Trial, wrote an article in the Guardian demonstrating the lack of evidence for the claims made by chiropractors. He pointed out that true chiropractic did not limit itself to helping back pain, but was in fact originally created as something of a panacea [...]
Archive for July, 2009
God Hates Us All
Posted: July 23, 2009 by Tim Barclay in ReligionTags: christianity, the bible, westboro baptist church
One of the most contraversial and widely hated groups in America is the Westboro Baptist Church. Following wide-spread media attention, and features by journalists such as Louis Theroux, their methods of picketing the funerals of victims of anti-gay hate crime, as well as service men, with slogans such as “God hates fags” and “Thank God for 9/11″ have [...]
Pseudo Scientists Podcast
Posted: July 23, 2009 by newhavenlse in Groups and organisations, ScienceTags: Australia, Science, Skeptics
For those of you looking for something to listen to whilst on your commute, you may be interested in this podcast: http://www.youngausskeptics.com/category/podcast/ Called the Pseudo Scientists it’s run by the Young Australian Skeptics and covers topical subject with plenty of mirth.
Complementary and Alternative Regulation
Posted: July 17, 2009 by Tim Barclay in ScienceTags: alternative medicine, evidence
The University of Central Lancashire, one of the numerous universities in David Colquhoun’sfiring line for their disregard of science in offering BScs in homeopathy and traditional Chinese medicine, has held a review of issues associated with teaching alternative medicine subjects. The report from this review has been published online here (pdf). The review came to a pleasing conclusion, [...]
Unborn in the USA and freedom of speech?
Posted: July 16, 2009 by newhavenlse in Free SpeechTags: abortion, freedom of speech
Abortion is a topic in the US that can not only lead to a polarization of opinion, but also a polarization of action. One only need look at the recent killing of controversial abortion doctor George Tiller to see the lengths some people will go to support their cause. Yesterday evening on returning from work [...]
Welcome to Tycho’s Elk, a new blog about politics, science, scepticism, rationalism and anything else that interests us. My areas of interest include religion, pseudoscience and superstition – the types of thinking that encourage them and the injustices done in their names. I also work in the media and am therefore interested in how related ideas are portrayed on [...]
