From the New York Times: This year […] Dr. Aaron Carroll and Dr. Rachel Vreeman of the Indiana University School of Medicine, offer six new medical myths for the holiday season. The latest set of myths, published this month in BMJ, are commonly believed by the general …
“Neverill-Potentate” is “a tonic working on a newly discovered principle to strengthen the immune system, boost energy levels and enhance sexual activity”. Moreover, “the unique properties of Neverill-Potentate… are created by Pathcurve Products using the Pathcurve Vortex Generator.” […] NEVERILL-POTENTATE has been used to help …
Venus TV, a UK satellite channel aimed at the Asian community, has had its knuckles severely rapped by Ofcom and the Advertising Standards Authority – to the tune of £35,000 – over ads for highly questionable products and services. The channel breached the advertising code …
To coincide with his 60th birthday, Prince Charles – a.k.a. the Prince of Counterknowledge – took the opportunity to make an important announcement via his friend and biographer, Jonathan Dimbleby. When Charles is made King, wrote Dimbleby in the Sunday Times, he will continue to …
Dr Hans D. Baumann and his wife, Sigrid Dr. Hans D. Baumann, in his self-published (sorry, “author-funded”) 2008 book Hitler’s Fate: The Final Story, claims that Hitler did not die in a bunker in Berlin in 1945, but rather emerged from the Second World War …
Here’s a lesson for any “debunking” website thinking about employing Google AdSense. We switched AdSense on this afternoon (you may have noticed it in the far right-hand column on the homepage), only to discover that Counterknowledge.com was now advertising Bio Protective Systems’ “Green 8″ Phone Harmonizer, …
A plug for the great Ben Goldacre of the Bad Science column in the Guardian is long overdue. He’s got a book out, and you should buy it. Now. Here’s one reason why. Earlier this month, Ben won a historic legal victory against one of …
Have you ever read the list of ingredients on a bottle of homeopathic medicine? You’d be amazed. “Dandelion, Milk Thistle, Marshmallow, Artichoke and Shizandra”, one journalist was prescribed recently – presumably, one hopes, with no added sugar. But choose Ayurvedic treatment – the increasingly trendy …
It’s August and it’s raining. The holiday’s a disaster and you’re bored. Why not detox? Lesley Thomas of the Daily Telegraph wins this week’s sucker of the week award. She’s normally a bit grumpy, she tells us, but last week she “went running before the …
Here’s literature from a radical New Age healer who’s made some pretty radical discoveries. “We are energetic beings. Numerous energetic processes in us, on which all the functions of our body are dependent upon, are caused by the energy of the higher source (cosmic energy, …