Cansa indulges the quacks (and students indulge the homeopaths)
If you ever needed evidence that some students don’t really listen to a word you say, here’s some – in a course that teaches an evidence-based approach, and in a week where pseudoscience was the topic under discussion, a student submitted a medical note from a naturopath.
Doing Reiki in your sleep
Ever wondered if you could do Reiki in your sleep? Or, been kept awake thinking about when the world is going to end? These and other pressing issues are addressed at the wonderfully amusing White Mountain Remedy Devices website.
Patrick Holford’s feel-good quackery
Patrick Holford is one of the many nutritionists, doctors or specialists of one form or another who make a living by selling false or misleading promises. Sometimes, they even endorse harmful remedies, or harmful avoidance of effective remedies, as is the case with Holford’s association with HIV denialism (and Scientology). Why does a national chain of pharmacies endorse this quackery?
Patrick Holford supports Malema!
Patrick Holford is touring South Africa, offering his “Feel Good Factor seminar”. Punctuation is optional, as this seminar “will help you transform the way you think and feel right now and give you an action plan to prevent memory decline later in life and stay free from depression”.
