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…]
January 29, 2012
In response to the kerfuffle over the Friends of Science in Medicine, The Conversation responded with an article from the alternative therapists’ point of view: “Alternative medicine can be scientific, say besieged academics“. The article’s uncritical he-said-she-said reporting – normal practice for ‘unbiased’ journalism and a site which is trying to provoke a ‘conversation’ – is… [Read more…]
January 24, 2012
I previously posted examples of the horrific proliferation of Australian universities teaching accredited and Federally funded science degrees in mumbo-jumbo and hogwash. Around Christmas there was a letter to the editor in The Advertiser from Rob Morrison saying that a group calling themselves “Friends of Science in Medicine” were starting up to combat exactly this sort… [Read more…]
November 10, 2011
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…]
October 15, 2011
An article in this morning’s paper has raised the issue of alternative therapies being covered by private health insurance, such as iridology, homeopathy etc. Alternative therapies are those that have either not been proved to work, or been proved not to work. If anyone needs reminding that alternative therapies that have been demonstrated to work… [Read more…]
October 6, 2011
Check out the full post about the supremacy and necessity of science on ABC’s The Drum: …. But the white heat of the climate change debate has brought not just climate scientists, but science itself in for public questioning. So it is worth restating a simple and unambiguous fact. There is one and only one… [Read more…]
April 21, 2011
For a spot of entertainment after the last long & heavy post! My only complaint about this sketch is that the hippy is an Australian woman, but I guess ridiculing a hippy Englishman wouldn’t be anywhere near as fun. I won’t take it personally – I don’t have any fairy tattoos. Tim Minchin’s Storm the Animated… [Read more…]
February 12, 2012
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