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Category Archives: New Age
5.19.2013
Belgian hype around mindfulness
Last Thursday there was a documentary on the public television network (Dutch) here in my country about Mindfulness. In an hour-long documentary, this hyped phenomenon was presented in a rather nuanced way, with both the advantages and risks associated with this psychotherapy. Luckily / read more…
Posted in Health / New Age / Pseudoscience / Science / TV & Media
5.7.2013
The harm in psychics
When we go to bat against people who prey on fear, uncertainty, grief, and ignorance, such as many psychics, we often hear “What’s the harm? If it makes people feel better, let them find their comfort” or something to that / read more…
Posted in Events / New Age / Paranormal
4.30.2013
Alexandria’s Genesis
My daughter asked me the other day if there was such a condition as “Alexandria’s Genesis.” Apparently stories of this rare, genetic mutation were going around at school and on her social media sites. The claims for this mutation are / read more…
Posted in New Age / Paranormal / Pseudoscience / Urban Legends
4.29.2013
Remembrance of Fads Past: Orgone and Velikovsky
The speed with which trends on the internet move means that something can go from unknown to hugely popular to mocked while one is on a long vacation. But fads themselves are as old as history, and while an internet / read more…
Posted in Alternative Medicine / New Age / Pseudoscience / Science / Space
Tagged in carl sagan / freud / new age energy / orgone / supressed science / velikovsky
3.30.2013
Pot. Marijuana. Cannabis. Misunderstood Motives.
I have had a regular argument over the years with a family member about both the recreational use of pot and the use of pot and derived materials from pot. Many of the claims promoted by this family member surround its use / read more…
Posted in Alternative Medicine / Health / New Age
Tagged in Big Pharma / CAM / cancer / cancer.gov / cannabis / cannaboids / hemp oil / marijuana
1.25.2013
Will the BabyBjorn endanger your infant’s health?
You don’t have to spend very long on the Internet as a parent to be made to feel that you are essentially abusing your child every 3 seconds. Not feeding them organic. Using formula. Daring to carry them, even just / read more…
Posted in Health / New Age / Urban Legends
Tagged in babies / babybjorn / hip dysplasia / infants / parenting
1.23.2013
CAM Proponents long on passion, short on facts.
I often peruse the alternative medicine news sites looking at what they are saying and how news is being presented in that community. As a rule, not terribly great science reporting. When I see a title like “Mainstream” Doctors and / read more…
Posted in Alternative Medicine / Health / New Age / Pseudoscience
1.12.2013
Please Pray For This Post
I don’t describe myself as an atheist. I subscribe to Neil deGrasse Tyson’s declaration that I don’t really want to be associated with the stigma of activism that is carried with the term atheist. The term does describe my belief / read more…
Posted in Alternative Medicine / Health / New Age / Pseudoscience
Tagged in atheist / health / medicine / power of prayer / prayer / religion
12.31.2012
Amber for Teething Update
The first post I wrote for Skeptoid was on the topic of amber teething beads – a pretty silly and potentially infant killing piece of woo.
Posted in Alternative Medicine / Health / New Age / Pseudoscience / Uncategorized
Tagged in advertising standards / amber / amber teething bracelet / amber teething necklace / baby / parenting / succinic acid / teething / teething beads
12.24.2012
The Twelve Days of Woo Christmas
(to be sung as loudly and off-key as possible, to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”)
Posted in Alternative Medicine / New Age / Pseudoscience
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