Big Pharma Shill
In the course of challenging the claims of the anti-vaccination movement, I (and a great many fine people before me) have been called several choice words and have witnessed some rather odd conclusions...
View ArticleThis is criticism, this is not abuse.
A month ago, shortly before the president of the deceptively named anti-vaccination group the Australian Vaccination Network Meryl Dorey and author of anti-vaccination books Greg Beattie were to...
View ArticleAustralian Skeptics National Convention 2013 Blogroll
Over the weekend, I had the great pleasure of attending the 2013 Australian Skeptics National Convention, held at the CSIRO Discovery Center in Canberra. After two days of entertaining and...
View ArticleQueensland to Provide Whooping Cough Vaccines for Pregnant Women – Campaign...
On July the 9th, Queensland Premier Campbell Newman and Health Minister Lawrence Springborg made a long hoped for announcement – Queensland will be providing free Whooping Cough (Pertussis)...
View ArticleThe UK Advertising Standards Authority Rules: Wireless Armour Are Pants –...
On The Skeptic Zone Podcast #306 {Permalink}, Evidence, Please provides an update on Wireless Armour. Below are supplemental links and a transcript of the report, which you should really listen to...
View ArticleThe #StopTenpenny Campaign against anti-vaccination seminars in Australia –...
On The Skeptic Zone Podcast #325 {Permalink}, Evidence, Please has a report on the #StopTenpenny campaign against anti-vaccination seminars in Australia by US anti-vaccine campaigner Sherri Tenpenny....
View ArticleSherri Tenpenny’s Australian Tour Cancelled #StopTenpenny
The following can also be heard on The Skeptic Zone #328 {Permalink} A couple of weeks ago, I reported on anti-vaccine advocate Sherri Tenpenny’s planned speaking tour of Australia and the...
View ArticleRACGP on homeopathy, the Good Thinking Society, and Homeopathic Owl – O Rly?
The following is a transcript of Evidence, Please on The Skeptic Zone Podcast #346 {Permalink}. This week, news about that continual thorn in our side, homeopathy! First up, I’d like to read you a...
View ArticleNobody Deserves To Be Lied To
On Twitter last night (or to be honest, very early this morning), I saw a statement which I took umbrage with and would like to address here. “Isn’t pseudoscience just a tax on stupidity?” This was...
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