Stupid. A word I have used so many times for many years. It's easy, simple, versatile and vitriolic if you want it to be. Dismissive and gratifying. But these are also things that can be wrong with it. It's a hard habit to shake, but I think it's worth trying, or at the very least …
Tag: quackery
A particlar area of bad science; quacks sell useless ‘remedies’ and ‘treatments’ to the vulnerable, gullible, ignorant and desperate. Quackery is a menace to society and the people who indulge in it are often ‘targets’ of skeptical activism.
What is homeopathy?
Homeopathy - there's nothing in it. People often confuse 'homeopathy' for all 'home remedies' but it's a specific kind of alternative medicine quackery that involves diluting substances til none of them remain and believing that water has 'memory', and 'like-cures-like'; neither of which are true!
QEDcon 2016
After about 13 hours of sleep post-QED, I started to write some words about it! 6 years in a row. A strange feeling walking back into a hotel room like one I stayed in 3 years ago, but quickly settling into familiarity, largely because of all the friendly faces to see and hugs to give/receive. I …
When A Wild Pick-Up Artist Appears
Anyone familiar with the horrors of the online “manosphere”, Men’s Rights Activists (MRAs), or similar will probably be aware of their sleazy manifestations walking among us; the pick-up artists (PUAs). A friend recently had a bit of time where she was out dating between relationships and, while mostly finding dates online, occasionally was approached in …
QEDcon 2015
As ever, the opening video didn't disappoint - congratulations to all whose hard work made this tweaked Left Behind trailer funny and so technically impressive: QED is my Christmas; or, what I imagine Christmas to be like for people who actually enjoy it. My family now is smaller than it was, and we do things our own way, …