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POPSEnergetic Medicine Research (healing devices and links) Homeopathy Who started it? Homeopathy extends at least as far back as the Ancient Greeks, the modern "father of homeopathy" was the German physician Samuel Hahnemann, who began outlining his theories of "medical similars" in a series of articles and monographs in 1796. How does it work? Homeopathic remedies are "succussed," or shaken vigorously with each dilution to increase their vibratory field. They are thought to work by stimulating the body's own healing energy, rather like a tuning fork that sets disharmonious chords back on track. Homeopathic remedies consist of minute does of natural substances - mineral, plant or animal, that if given to healthy people in large does would cause the symptoms the patient is experiencing. The principle is similar to that of pharmaceutical vaccination, but vaccines are macromolecules that can induce unwanted side effects.
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POPS13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time [BOOK]
In the past, similar "anomalies" have revolutionized our world, like in the sixteenth century, when a set of celestial anomalies led Copernicus to realize that the Earth goes around the sun and not the reverse, and in the 1770s, when two chemists discovered oxygen because of experimental results that defied all the theories of the day. And so, if history is any precedent, we should look to today’s inexplicable results to forecast the future of science. In 13 Things That Don’t Make Sense , Michael Brooks heads to the scientific frontier to meet thirteen modern-day anomalies and discover tomorrow’s breakthroughs. The chapter on free will (and why it probably doesn't exist) is fascinating, with MASSIVE social implications for an entire justice system built on the premise of personal responsibility for our actions. A highly interesting book that will make you think. "Science starts to get interesting when things don’t make sense. "
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POPSChiropracters - Help or Snake-Oil I've met people who adamantly support chiropractors. I went to one 15-20 years ago and can't say he did much good. I've become more skeptical over the years. I've become especially skeptical over the ones who dabble in such disproven scams as homeopathy and reflexology. IMO, they all should be required to warn their patients that the placebo effect is alive and well, thank you.
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POPS13 Unsolved scientific puzzles http://www.michaelbrooks.org/ Times Archive: Necessity and free will, 1877 - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1877-10-26-04-003&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1877-10-26-04 Times Archive: Advertisement: The New Homoeopathy, 1914 - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1914-07-23-06-012&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1914-07-23-06
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POPSRemember Homeopathy? Water with Memory! Gullibility runs rampant as indicated by this organization which has the chutzpah to claim some sort of affiliation with a reputable organization. Snake oil is still in demand!
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POPSLies, damn lies and twaddle In recent years, thousands of bizarre conjectures have been endorsed by leading publishers, taught in universities, plugged in newspapers, quoted by politicians and circulated in cyberspace. This is counterknowledge: misinformation packaged to look like fact. We are facing a pandemic of credulous thinking. Ideas that once flourished only on the fringes are now taken seriously by educated people in the West, and are wreaking havoc in the developing world.
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POPSPoint of Inquiry podcasts
Point of Inquiry is the premiere podcast of the Center for Inquiry, drawing on CFI’s relationship with the leading minds of the day including Nobel Prize-winning scientists, public intellectuals, social critics and thinkers, and renowned entertainers. Each episode combines incisive interviews, features and commentary focusing on CFI’s issues: religion, human values and the borderlands of science. Point of Inquiry explores CFI’s three research areas: 1. Pseudoscience and the paranormal (Bigfoot, UFOs, psychics, communication with the dead, cryptozoology, etc.) 2. Alternative medicine (faith healing, homeopathy, “healing touch,” the efficacy of prayer, etc.) 3. Religion and secularism (church-state separation, the effects and proper role of religion in society, the future of secularism and nonbelief, etc.) Contributors to Point of Inquiry include Lauren Becker, Paul Kurtz, Benjamin Radford, Dawkins, Sam Harris, Joe Nickell, Barry Karr, Tom Flynn, David Koepsell, and many m
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POPSFFRF puts up first ever Nontheistic Billboard Man would those cause a stink in my home town! When the only Sex store opened up here the entire city went on red alert. Lawfully they couldn't stop it, but they did modify the laws and zoning so that no other Sex store could open. Meanwhile Cash Advance, churches, and homeopathy drug stores abound!
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POPSHomeopathy = Nonsence In the UK this kind of quackery gets government funding. This is a disgrace when other areas of medicine that have scientifically proven efficacy are under funded.
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POPSHomoeopathy gives you Aids Placebo is an important & recognised part of western medicine. However when it is used in this way the vulnerable & the gullible get hurt.
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POPSAnother herbs vs. chemicals patent tragedy: Diviner's sage Needless to say, this isn't the first case of this. Big Pharma has a notorious history of sidelining natural therapies and cures in favor of making money with chemical treatments that often have negative long-term side effects (Prozac, Ritalin, Avandia, OxyContin). If they can't hold exclusive rights and make big profits, not only will they not seek government approval, they will often go so far as to have it declared illegal (marijuana).
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POPSWoo-Woo Medicine Aromatherapy, homeopathy, acupuncture. A sampling of popular diversions from legitimate health care. While we claim to be technologically advanced citizens of the 21st Century, in many ways we still seek magical solutions to our problems.
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POPSThe Scientific Method - Lecture Notes This is just a Table of Contents. See here for the notes themselves: http://www.inquiringminds.org/education/syllabus-cotton-scalise-lecture-notes.html Check out the source to, there's excellent material there for teachers for example (about science, skepticism, pseudoscience, etc.).
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