While apparently unwilling to resolve the situation in the manner the Vatican would like, Holocaust-denying Bishop Richard Williamson has told Germany’s Der Spiegel that he would correct himself if satisfied by the evidence, but stated that finding it will “take time”. No surprise then, …
Today we honour the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Robert Darwin, one of the giants of the scientific world. Natural Selection, Darwin’s theory of Evolution, is one of the most famous and beautifully written scientific theories the world has ever known. But Darwin’s …
Readers of Counterknowledge.com will certainly be interested in the lead story from this week’s New Scientist, which discusses whether belief in God is down to evolution. The theory is that from an early age, human’s brains are attuned to believe in a supernatural entity, even if …
As the row over the lifting of Holocaust-denying Bishop Richard Williamson’s excommunication escalates – with the Vatican now ordering him to completely recant his views if he wants to return to the Catholic church – one question must surely weigh heavily on our minds at …
One of AMI's more subtle ads The ads exhort readers to face up to their crippling erectile dysfunction issues, restore their confidence, and take charge of their lives. Or put more simply: “Bonk Longer”. But this isn’t just standard-issue inbox spam. Instead the ads are …
[Strictly speaking, this isn't counterknowledge, but it deserves a link. Cross-posted from Telegraph.co.uk] Now this is clever. I’ve just clicked a banner ad (people do, you know) and discovered ComputerTan.com. Watch this: Now visit ComputerTan.com, take up their free trial offer and make sure you sit …
A worrying trend in the NHS at the moment is to offer “catch-all therapies” that claim to help with numerous different ailments. One such therapy that is gaining momentum within several Primary Care Trusts is Human Givens Therapy. It is also endorsed by the usually …
Exposing counterknowledge is often difficult: some snake oil salesmen are really clever con-artists. Others, however, are quite simply lunatics. Peddlars of “radionics” fall squarely into the latter category. According to “The Radionic Association in Oxford, England”, quoted on altered-states.net, radionics is “a method of healing at …
“Women’s orgasm frequency increases with the income of their partner,” according to Dr Thomas Pollet, a psychologist from Newcastle University who was quoted in a Sunday Times story on January 18. Dr Pollet and his co-author Professor Daniel Nettle had a look at data from the …
People who think the U.S. government was complicit in 9/11 or in the JFK assassination sometimes complain that those who dismiss them as “conspiracy theorists” are guilty of inconsistency. For don’t the defenders of the “official story” behind 9/11 themselves believe in a conspiracy, namely …