Browsing All posts tagged under »homeopathy«

‘Energy Medicine’ at RMIT university is all wibbly wobbly, plus this week’s FSM update

February 12, 2012

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I was a bit curious about this ‘Energy Medicine’ that the Friends of Science in Medicine said was being taught at Australian universities. So I tried the same trick as last time with homeopathy – Googled “energy medicine” site:.edu.au. Since then I’ve had this hanging around, but it’s too good not to post. So RMIT… [Read more…]

Testing remedies and trying arguments – 9 responses to claims by anti-FSM pseudoscience [Now with an added bonus 10th answer!]

February 5, 2012

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Wow! Friends of Science in Medicine certainly got lots of people Googling for more information. FSM really should get their own website explaining their principles, so everyone who’s looking for information isn’t getting it from second-hand sources, such as the news, blogs, and their opponents. Plus then the public could go there to vent their… [Read more…]

Pseudoscience homeopathy can get you a Bachelor of Health Science at Australian universities. The end of the world is nigh!

November 10, 2011

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I was reading about problems with universities endorsing ‘science’ degrees in homeopathy and other complementary medicine “gobbledygook“. I briefly thought that this was in the UK and hopefully it wasn’t happening here in Australia. Then the niggling voice of cynicism said I was probably being far too optimistic. So I Googled “homeopathy site:.edu.au” hoping that I wouldn’t… [Read more…]

Marketing BS of the week – Garnier’s CALM deodorant

October 23, 2011

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This deodorant is like an episode of the Gruen Transfer – it’s like they held a competition to see how much marketing nonsense they could fit onto the packaging to convince you to spend money on it. I unfortunately ended up with a free sample of this heinous gobbledygook. It makes you “CALM after shaving”.… [Read more…]