The study of Kooreman and Baars doesn’t at all show that GPs trained in alternative medicine work more cost efficient, but the authors make us believe so using their press release and other public outings.
Egyptian hepatitis C detector changes shape. Where’s the dowsing rod?
Did the Egyptian researchers show a different device than they actually used?
Ants Performing Statistical Miracle under GSM Phone Radiation?
A study showed that ants lose the ability of picking up visual and olfactory cues under influence of GSM radiation, but the figures look too good to be true.
So, why did we survive December 21st 2012?
News from some blogs may help us understand why the world didn’t end on Friday December 21st 2012.
The Stapel Fraud Anniversary and the Psychology of Meat
A year ago Diederik Stapel was exposed as a fraud. In the week before this announcement I had been analyzing his meat bastards research.
Warning to Traumeel Users Visiting the Netherlands
Traumeel is a homeopathic product sold worldwide. In the Netherlands the composition is quite different and the producer doesn’t tell you that. Why?
The Photography Tricks of Robbert van den Broeke
Dutch medium Robbert van den Broeke rose to fame in the Netherlands in the early 2000’s with his discovery of crop circles and contacts with deceased people. He made his appearance in several programmes on national TV. In 2005 he was exposed as a fraud by Rob Nanninga, board member of the Dutch Skeptical foundation Skepsis, […]
Great talk by Jamy Ian Swiss on skepticism at TAM 2012
A very inspiring talk by Jamy Ian Smith at TAM 2012. I share his vision on what skepticism should be about. Worth watching all 40 minutes!
About the study on effects of the workplace smoking ban in the Netherlands and what is wrong with it
A Dutch study shows a significant decrease of sudden circulatory arrests after implementation of a working place smoking ban, but doesn’t explain the big increase before the ban.
Memories of Shrink Chess
In Shrink Chess the board gets smaller and smaller