Pseudoscience and science – alternative medicine is bullshit
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Editor’s note: This article combines elements of several articles about pseudoscience published in 2012 and 2013. It’s been revised...
View ArticleGMO opponents – left’s version of global warming deniers
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Scientific denialism (also known as pseudoskepticism) is the culture of denying an established scientific theory, law or fact...
View ArticleHomeopathy, Honesty, and Consumer Protection
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Editor’s note: This article was originally published in January 2015. It has been revised to include information from a recent...
View Article“Homeopaths without Borders” are not humanitarians
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. There is an American group called Homeopaths without Borders (HWB), who claims that it provides humanitarian aid, in the form of...
View ArticleThe Medical Medium – junk medicine with psychic reading
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Every time I think I’ve read it all, apparently I haven’t. I was pointed in the direction of someone – the Medical Medium – who...
View ArticleJohn Oliver promotes real science – a comedian gets it right
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. On Sunday evening (8 May 2016), John Oliver, the English comedian and political satirist, talked about science and how we should...
View ArticleDr. Oz falls for the overhyped and debunked GMO corn study
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. A few weeks ago, Gilles-Eric Séralini and his homeopathy loving coauthor published an article in Food and Chemical Toxicology that...
View ArticleCommon cold treatments – what works, what is just plain nonsense
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. It’s that time of the year. Well, at least in the Northern Hemisphere. That’s right, it’s the season for common colds. And following...
View ArticleHomeopathy is just water – and it is very expensive water
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. Despite the articles you might read on this website, there are many more pseudoscience pushers than the ones we observe pushing...
View ArticleCoronavirus homeopathic potions – here comes the quackery and woo
The Skeptical Raptor, stalking pseudoscience in the internet jungle. The quacks are out in force with this potential COVID-19 pandemic. Predictably, people are pushing coronavirus homeopathic potions...
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