by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 27, 2023 | Characters on the Right, Loons, Pseudoscience, Right Wing Lunacy, Science Denial
“Everywhere there’s globes”: Georgia GOP chair goes full flat-earther in wild rant A recently elected Georgia GOP district chair revealed that she believes the world is flat and that the proliferation of globes is part of a conspiracy, Rolling Stone...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 15, 2022 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
Modern Reflexology: Still As Bogus As Pre-Modern Reflexology | Science-Based Medicine Reflexology is an alternative medicine system that claims to treat internal organs by pressing on designated spots on the feet and hands; there is no anatomical connection between...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 28, 2022 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience, Scams
So I was speaking with an acquaintance/friend and she made some pretty sensational wild recommendations to me about my health and I ask her: “Says who?… Where id you learn that?” So be a natuaral skeptic as soon as the conversation was over I went...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 17, 2022 | Critical Thinking, Loons, Pseudoscience, Science
‘A Menace to Public Health’: Doctors Demand Spotify Puts an End to Covid Lies on ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ As an infectious disease epidemiologist and research fellow at Boston’s Children’s Hospital who debunks health misinformation on...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 29, 2021 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience, Scams, What I'm Reading
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/edzard-ernst-tackles-chiropractic/...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 23, 2021 | Health, Multi Level Marketing, Pseudoscience, Skepticism
Are Velovita Snaps Worth Spending Your Money On? I was recently alerted to a new vital TikTok weight loss trend *sigh* called ‘snaps.’ Made by an MLM company called Velovita, snaps are little packets of serums that promise to do things like ‘clear...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 5, 2021 | Pseudoscience, Right Wing Lunacy, Science, Science Based Medicine
NFL QB Aaron Rodgers chose homeopathy over vaccines, catches COVID Sometimes my blog posts write themselves. NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers decided to forgo COVID-19 vaccines and chose homeopathy to build antibodies against it. As you can predict, he tested positive...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 12, 2021 | Looking @ Woo, Pseudoscience
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-10-12/homeopathy-doesn-t-work-so-why-do-so-many-germans-believe-in-it...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 17, 2021 | Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking, Pseudoscience, Skepticism
The Doctor Carl Sagan Warned Us About Predictions made by psychics and astrologers tend to quickly fade from memory because of how wrong they often turn out to be, but one prediction made by Carl Sagan, an astrophysicist and famous science communicator, is so...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 17, 2020 | Pseudoscience
I am thinking of a career change. I think I can make more money as a psychic. I checked and I could call myself “The New England Medium” but I think it would be more truthful to call myself “The New England Extra Large”. As soon as I land a Discovery Channel TV show...
