Saturday, August 20, 2011

"Homeopathic Thuggery", from Science-Based Medicine

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Read and be outraged.
Thursday, July 28, 2011

The critical consumer

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Are you critical? It’s one of my favourite words because it has two important meanings. Critical can mean “crucial” and “essential” and we...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

"Pastor Irene is in town". I hope she's leaving soon.

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A story in Mmegi recently announced that "Pastor Irene is in town" and that "The devil is in serious trouble". The stor...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Mmegi - End of the world or just sanity?

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In response to this article in Mmegi regarding the end of the world. I enjoyed your article in Mmegi on 28th March entitled "Is May 2...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Evolution is as true as gravity

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In response to a very uninformed letter to Mmegi, entitled " We have never been gorillas ". ----- Your correspondent, Shine N...
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Thursday, December 23, 2010

BBC - Alternative remedies 'dangerous' for kids says report

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A BBC story about the dangers of so-called "alternative remedies" which are, in fact, not remedies at all.
Sunday, December 19, 2010

I get an email about "EFT"

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See here for my earlier warning about EFT . An email arrived regarding my rather dismissive comments as follows.  The email is in red. H...
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Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Christopher Maloney is a quack

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For more details of his deeply silly pseudo-legal threats against PZ Myers see here .  Seems like he doesn't have a natural remedy for b...
Friday, November 19, 2010

Baiting a "traditional doctor"

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OK, not a scammer, a traditional healer this time but a liar and a charlatan nevertheless. This is his advertisement: I SMSed a number of ...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

A real man

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Courtesy of Pharyngula . As the father of three young sons I find this a very useful example of what a " real man " might be. Mo...
Saturday, September 25, 2010

BBC News - Alert issued on danger supplement

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BBC News - Alert issued on danger supplement "Food watchdogs have issued an alert after finding that a chemical marketed online as a ...
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419ers take council for £100k • The Register

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419ers take council for £100k • The Register "A Scottish local authority lost £102,000 to an African gang after being duped by a targ...
Monday, August 30, 2010

Warning - "Emotional Freedom Techniques"

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An email came in from a consumer asking our opinion on a workshop to be held in Phakalane next month entitled “Relax And Repair With EFT” or...
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Friday, July 02, 2010

Who deserves respect? Botswana Guardian

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In the Botswana Guardian last week Abdullah Moahi wrote a letter in response to another written by the very reasonable Ali Haider. This cor...
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Friday, June 11, 2010

Twitter study debunks psychic powers - Channel Four

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Twitter study debunks psychic powers
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Friday, June 04, 2010

A right to be respected - Botswana Guardian

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In the Botswana Guardian last week al-Hasan wrote a lengthy letter suggesting that Muslims have a right to be respected. He specifically im...
Saturday, May 22, 2010

Anger mounts over Zapiro cartoon

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Read the full story at the Mail & Guardian here .
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010

I get mail about atheism and morality

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Every part of the comment has been published, unedited, shown in blue. This is a respond to a note wrote by Richard Harriman, I am not agai...
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Friday, February 12, 2010

Michael Tellinger - Botswana Guardian

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Tonight, if you're reading this on Thursday, we'll have the privilege of a visit from "scientist, explorer and international au...
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Morality is a human virtue - Mmegi

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Original here . Like Don-Martin Takudzwa Whande I don't want to get into a letter-writing argument about atheism and religion. That ...
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