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Private health insurance forcing all customers to pay for pseudoscience alternative therapies

October 15, 2011

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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…]

Ridiculing homeopathy swilling postmodern hippies – great Tim Minchin video

April 21, 2011

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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…]