My previous post on an effort to debunk homeopathy triggered a memory that I had written about this topic some years ago and this sketch from That Mitchell and Webb Look.
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3 comments
kyoseki
March 7, 2013 at 9:30 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Since this seems to be the place for it, here’s the fantastically funny (and brilliant) Dara O’Briain on Homeopathy and other forms of quackery;
kyoseki
March 7, 2013 at 9:31 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Wow, I was not expecting it to auto embed like that.
Irreverend Bastard
March 8, 2013 at 5:32 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Here’s a handy lookup table for those unsure if it’s woo:
http://crispian-jago.blogspot.no/2010/07/periodic-table-of-irrational-nonsense.html