by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 14, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience, Science Based Medicine
Alternative medicine kills cancer patients Alternative medicine, by definition, consists medicine that either has not been shown to work or has been shown not to work. To paraphrase an old adage yet again, medicine that has been shown to work with an acceptable...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 14, 2017 | Pseudoscience, Science
The Sweeter Things in Life: Debunking the Junk about Splenda – SciBabe I’ve put a lot of stuff in my body in my life (your mind may be in the gutter, but deep breaths). But of all that stuff, not many of those things have caused as much controversy as one...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 14, 2017 | Agriculture, GMOs, Pseudoscience, Science
Farm Babe: The internet’s biggest culprits of fake news in agriculture | AGDAILY Recently, I got a pretty awesome notification from Facebook – they now allow you to report fake news. Fake news has been a very big problem online in all facets of life, but...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 21, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
Great for UK’s NHS! Our FDA now requires labeling that essentially says: “Homeopathy is a waste of money since it doesn’t do shit because there is nothing in it”. I certainly hope there aren’t any insurance companies that pay out for...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 18, 2017 | Critical Thinking, Pseudoscience
Defense of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop offers case study on how to sell snake oil This week, Gwyneth Paltrow’s high-profile lifestyle and e-commerce site, Goop, gave birth to a beautiful gift to the Internet-and it wasn’t a moon-powered vagina egg that...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 8, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Critical Thinking, Pseudoscience
“The very concept of alternative medicine exists to create a double standard where the rules of science and evidence are stood on their head specifically to manufacture the result that is desired by cranks, charlatans, snake-oil salesmen, and self-proclaimed...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 8, 2017 | Pseudoscience, Religion, Science
I am sorry but while the First Amendment protects your right to believe in anything you want it does not protect you from criticism for believing in something that is absolutely ridiculous and ignorant. As the physicist Brian Cox has said: —“The problem with today’s...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 19, 2017 | Health, Pseudoscience, Science
Meet the chef who’s debunking detox, diets and wellness A few minutes into my encounter with the Angry Chef, I begin to wonder if his moniker might be ironic, like the big guy whose friends call him “Tiny”. On the basis of his excoriating blog...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 4, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Health, Pseudoscience, Science, Science Based Medicine, What I'm Reading
I got in a FaceBook discusion (an argument) about the effectiveness of Chiropractic the other day when I posted a video of Dr Stephen Novella where he takes it down and I called it “Chiro-quackery” and at best it might be considered physical therapy and/or overpriced...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 1, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience
Dr. Steven Novella on what I call “Chiro-quackery”. At best it might be considered physical therapy and/or overpriced massage and at it’s worst it’s pure bullshit and quackery. Most of this bone alignment shit is a myth. A chiropractor will tells you your...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 29, 2017 | Health, Pseudoscience, Science
The rise of the cannabis cult: don’t believe the hype about medical marijuana | Spectator Health There are few substances that excite discussion quite as potently as cannabis. Explosive claims about its curative power circulate wildly online, often cited by...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 15, 2017 | Critical Thinking, Pseudoscience, The Media
Doctors have decades of experience fighting “fake news.” Here’s how they win. Some lessons from the health community’s long battle with...
