Colon Cleansing: No benefit and dangerous
The News Colon cleansing has been described as a natural way to enhance well-being, but Georgetown University doctors say there’s …
Category Archives: Pseudo-science
People Stare at the Sun on Purpose?: Sungazing and Science
The Practice Thanks to some “new age” spiritualists, I bring you an old, but new to me, practice of pseudoscience. …
Now you can spew nonsense like Deepak Chopra!
The problem with pseudoscience is that it takes perfectly intelligible terms and theories like “quantum mechanics” and “energy”, and contorts …
The Myths of Herbal Medicine
Let me preface this article by saying that I have been waiting for someone to do this for years. I …
Ouija Boards: Paranormal Fantasies of the Subconscious
Who doesn’t love a toy that lets you communicate with ghosts? What if it could offer you a window into …
Science Fact of the Day 4.20.11
“Lightning never strikes the same place twice” is a myth. In reality, the Empire State Building and the Sears Tower …
JREF Announces 5 Worst Pseudoscience Offenders
Pseudoscience may get a free pass in the media, but not from James Randi (and not from me!). The “dubious …
Science Fact of the Day 4.14.11
The Sun’s output is 3.8 x 1033 ergs/second, or about 5 x 1023 horsepower. How much is that? It is …
Another Systematic Review Shows Acupuncture is No More Effective Than Placebo
We have talked before about the many fallacies and short-comings of acupuncture. I have claimed that it doesn’t work beyond …
SBL Fact of the Day 2.22.11
Friday the 13th has inspired numerous horror movies, keeps architects from designating the 13 floor in tall buildings, and is …
Detox Foot Pad Bogus
In 2008, Wired magazine called “detox foot adhesives” “the most appalling medical scam since magnetic immortality devices.” Now we have …
The Signs May Have Changed but Astrology is Still Bogus
With all of the recent uproar about everyone’s astrological signs changing, I thought it would be beneficial to go back …
Balance Bracelets Exposed in Australia
Um…We Made All That Stuff Up… FINALLY! Although I am disappointed that our own FDA no longer has the teeth …
The Difference Between Science and Psuedoscience
Throughout various posts I have zealously rallied against what I have been calling “pseudoscience”. But how do we determine in …
The Karmic Fallacy
“Karma is a bitch”, right? I’m sure that we have all have experienced a coincidence that seems absolutely unexplainable. Either …
[Follow Up] Another Needle in the Coffin
If you have read my post on the efficacy of acupuncture, then you already know that science considers acupuncture to …
[Follow Up] Damn Balance Bracelets!
Unfortunately, while I was nerding out to Mythbusters last night, a commercial for the “iRenew” balance bracelet came on the TV. …
Beginner’s UFOlogy
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Many of the reported UFO sightings that we hear about from time to time are easily …
The 10% Brain Use Myth
Give Your Brain Some Credit! This is definitely an oldie but a goody. The “you only use 10% of your …
What the Bleep Do We Know?
You Don’t Know Bleep-ing Anything [About Science] This is definitely one of the topics that aggravates me the most. Like …
