Showing posts with label Pseudoscience. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pseudoscience. Show all posts
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Grounding/Earthing: An Obvious Pseudoscience
"I first wrote about 'earthing', also called 'grounding', about a decade ago. Briefly, the idea of earthing is that electrically grounding oneself has a long list of health benefits. I found these claims dubious a decade ago, but I also like to follow up on the research into topics I previously tackled. One of the best ways to judge the validity and potential of a scientific area of research is to see how it evolves over time. Real sciences tend to make tangible progress, while pseudosciences tend to chase their tail."
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Monday, April 14, 2025
RFKJr: Quackery In His Own Words
"Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Secretary of Health and Human Services, just sent shockwaves through Trump’s inner circle and the medical establishment. What did RFK Jr. say this time that has Trumpworld running for cover?"
RFK Jr. Just SET OFF THE ALARMS At Trump's Cabinet Meeting!
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Vaccines: History's GREATEST Success Story
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Waldorf Schools: Let the Buyer Be Aware
"Private schools of all types abound. Many are religious, a few are secular, some are intended to be intensely academic, some allow free play and the students can do whatever they like. Then there are some like Montessori schools that follow a certain method. And then there are the Waldorf schools, which have a reputation for being not only the most expensive, but also hippyish. They grow crops, they dance and paint, they learn practical skills like building, they shun vaccines, they follow astrology. It's how you'd imagine Silicon Valley elites would alleviate their white liberal guilt by putting their children in touch with holistics and nature and spiritualism and the evils of capitalism and screen time. Turns out that reputation is pretty well deserved; most of the stereotypical things you might hear about Waldorf schools are pretty accurate. Much of what's not so public is far weirder than you could imagine."
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Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Prevagen: Their False Advertising Stopped?
"Earlier this year, TINA.org received a complaint from a consumer regarding the continued deceptive marketing of Prevagen, the subject of a longstanding TINA.org investigation into unsupported claims that the brain supplement is 'clinically shown' to improve memory. It wasn’t the first time a consumer had expressed frustration about the supplement’s unsubstantiated health claims.
"Since filing a complaint with the FTC against the supplement’s maker, Quincy Bioscience, in 2015, TINA.org has regularly heard from consumers alarmed by the company’s deceptive claims that its jellyfish-based supplement improves memory and provides other cognitive benefits. One consumer who said she was a physician told us she was 'horrified' by the marketing, which targets millions of seniors worried about memory loss and cognitive impairment."
Prevagen Scrubs Memory-Improvement Claims Following Court Order
"Since filing a complaint with the FTC against the supplement’s maker, Quincy Bioscience, in 2015, TINA.org has regularly heard from consumers alarmed by the company’s deceptive claims that its jellyfish-based supplement improves memory and provides other cognitive benefits. One consumer who said she was a physician told us she was 'horrified' by the marketing, which targets millions of seniors worried about memory loss and cognitive impairment."
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Cryonics: Not Ready For Prime Time
"Spread among several facilities around the world, hundreds of dead people are frozen in capsules cooled with liquid nitrogen — and hundreds more have just their heads in the same cold storage. These are people who have paid a lot of money for what they hope will be a life-extension procedure called cryonics. Their aspiration is that at some point in the future, perhaps the very distant future, technology and medical science will have advanced to the point that we'll know how to safely thaw their body, cure their cause of death, and revive them to resume a healthy life to whatever degree is possible. Today we're going to look at a number of aspects of this controversial technology. How does it work? What's the state of the science? And most importantly, what are the prospects of being revived in the future? And, fair warning: some of you might find parts of this episode a bit too ghoulish for your taste."
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Cryonics: A Chilling Prospect
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Cryonics: A Chilling Prospect
Friday, November 29, 2024
It's Sad That I Have To Say This: Flouride In Drinking Water Is Safe
"RFK, Jr. and other potential and current government officials have spread shaky health claims about fluoridated water. Scientists explain the evidence behind its safety and benefits"
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Friday, November 22, 2024
EFT: Just Another Pseudoscience Placebo
"The Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), also referred to as tapping therapy or energy psychology, has been gaining popularity both as a self-help technique and psychological intervention. However, it remains firmly in the realm of pseudoscience and reveals significant weaknesses in the psychological research infrastructure.
"EFT is based explicitly on acupuncture/acupressure points, specific locations on so-called “meridians” in the body where 'energy' flows. Here is a typical definition:
- EFT works by tapping on acupressure meridians to release blockages. When these blockages are released, the problem feeling can be released and move through the body. The process starts with a beginning statement of what the problem feeling is and includes a complete acceptance and acknowledgment of the problem.
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