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A Great Video Series on the Science & Efficacy Homeopathy

By on September 9, 2013 in Pseudoscience

▶ Testing Homeopathy – Part 1: Plausbility – YouTube

▶ Testing Homeopathy – Part 2 – YouTube

▶ Testing Homeopathy – Part 3: Research Evidence? – YouTube

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Looking @ Woo: Homeopathy: Cure or Con? Marketplace CBC – YouTube

By on April 10, 2012 in Looking @ Woo, Pseudoscience

Homeopathy: Cure or Con? Marketplace CBC – YouTube.

CBC’s Marketplace examines homeopathy in this week’s episode.

Homeopathic remedies take an ingredient — from a plant, animal or mineral — and dilute it repeatedly with water. The theory is that water retains the memory of the original ingredient. Practitioners say the more dilutions there are, the stronger the remedy.

Critics say homeopathic treatments do nothing, putting people in danger as they delay getting conventional medical treatments. Supporters counter that it works on everything from headaches to cancer, even if they can’t explain why.

CBC asked a chemist with the University of Toronto to analyze two popular homeopathic remedies. Watch the full Marketplace investigation to see the results.

Origin: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2011/01/14/marketplace-homeopathy.html

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Michael Shermer – The Threat of Pseudoscience – YouTube

By on December 8, 2011 in Reason & Rational Thinking, Science, Science Denial, Skepticism

Michael Shermer – The Threat of Pseudoscience – YouTube.

Uploaded by  on Jun 4, 2011

This half hour lecture is from the McGill University’s Lorne Trottier Public Science Symposium on the confrontation and threat of pseudoscience in contemporary society. As a leading figure in this movement, Dr. Michael Shermer is more than qualified to speak on many of the issues. His down-to-earth style coupled with his laundry list of first hand encounters with the baloney of our day make this presentation (as well as many of his others) an absolute treat to watch.

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How Badly Psychics Fail

By on August 24, 2011 in Pseudoscience

I don’t speak very highly of psychics. ‘Just read this tonight on The Skeptical Teacher blog

ABC News’s “Beyond Belief” Illustrates How Badly Psychics Fail

Posted by mattusmaximus on August 25, 2011

In a welcome break from some of the usual credulousness that seems to permeate the modern media landscape regarding all things paranormal, recently ABC News did an episode of “Beyond Belief” on the topic of psychics and mediums. Titled “Can Psychics Really Talk to the Dead?”, the episode focused upon famed dead-talker James Van Praagh. The interview of Van Praagh by Josh Elliot is excellent, as Elliot is respectful but appropriately skeptical of Van Praagh’s claims, especially when he conducts a bit of a deeper investigation beyond simply swallowing Van Praagh’s parlor act whole. In the interview, Elliot even nails Van Praagh for using time-tested tricks such as cold reading…

via ABC News’s “Beyond Belief” Illustrates How Badly Psychics Fail « The Skeptical Teacher.

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