‘Pseudoscience’ Archives
Harvard, Ice Cream, and Quantum Mechanics
MY PUBLIC A long, long time ago, Joel, Doug, and MISTER ScienceAintSoBad were in line for an ice cream cone in Harvard Square. I can't remember, exactly, why, but Joel said (not for the first time) that "People are morons." Mister (not at that time) ScienceAintSoBad sturdily defended you. "Not all of them." "That's what YOU think. [...]
Homeopathic Medicine. It Can’t Hurt.
Homeopathic Medicine: Safe As The Water You Drink Jange Spengstre is a ballet dancer who lives in East Flatbush (N. Y.) She had a question for the homeopathy expert at Science Ain't So bad. "My drugstore sells homeopathic medicine right beside the other stuff and I can't really tell the difference. The labels look [...]
Was TOO Locked-In Syndrome!
Neurology: A Case Of Facilitated Communication Rom Houben was nearly killed in an accident 23 years ago. Bad. Couldn't move, couldn't speak, couldn't wiggle a finger. They figured he was in a type of coma, a persistent vegetative state. But he wasn't. He could think. And he could hear. And he could listen to [...]
Unconservation of UnEnergy
NEWTON, TURNING OVER IN HIS GRAVE Lying Sack Of Pseudoscience Isaac Newton's law of conservation of energy was lovable. So simple. So perfect. Energy can neither be created or destroyed. Till Einstein muddied it up some. "It's not ENERGY, you doofus! It's mass-energy. " Ok, ok. But, for those of us who [...]
Oh BOY! Nontraditional Therapy Really Works! And Scientists? Just Stuffed Shirts!!
photo © lei for openphoto.net CC:Attribution-ShareAlike EVERYBODY'S a scientist. In Science News, there's a description of work from the University of Missouri which says that 30 years ago the United States began embracing ancient medical practices and that now a study with over 90 patients has demonstrated the efficacy of NCTT ( "non [...]
