Anti-Vaxers Harass Parents whose Children die
CNN reveals anti-vaxers have been harassing parents of children who died of vaccine preventable illnesses because it conflicts their beliefs.
Skepticism
Fake Autism Cures on Amazon
If you go to Amazon and enter “Autism Cure” you will be offered a long selection of complete and utter bullshit. Given the recent news, this is to some degree a bit surprising, and yet given their desire to publish anything just to make a buck or two, perhaps not. A few days ago the … Read more
Foreign Astroturfing for BREXIT Leave on Twitter
Your are perhaps familiar with the term “grassroots“. In a political context this is bottom up – it is collective action from the local level to effect change at the local, regional, national, or international level. Astroturfing is where malicious forces promote propaganda that is designed to look and feel like a grassroots movement, but … Read more
The Fake Sex Doctor who Conned the Media
Jennings Brown at Gizmodo, has done a fine piece of investigative journalism that has exposed a fake sex doctor and revealed him to be a fraud
Conspiracy Facts – can you spot fake vs real?
The Skeptics Guide to the Universe is a long running and highly popular podcast that has weekly show since 2005. One regular item they have is called “Science or Fiction”. This is where the host, Steven Novella, presents his panel of skeptics with three items, and they have to see if they can spot which … Read more
Is Any Psychic a Speaker for the Dead?
When it comes to getting a message via a psychic, it is worth understanding that after many multiple decades of “research” the specific quantity of credible evidence that verifies that anything supernatural is going on is exactly zero. You have basically two types of practitioners … fraudsters who are leveraging grief to enrich themselves the … Read more