Nathan Lee

There’s apparently some unauthorised snake-oil sales going on in relation to the rather too profitable “rubber bands with holograms” bracelet industry: Power balance.

Tags: fitness, placebo, power balance bracelet, powerbalance, powerband, quacks, scam, skeptic, snake oil

Posted in General, Skepticism, Quacks, Woo & Scams • 73 Comments »

Coma man writing? I think not..

Feb 16th, 2010

It seems someone tested the dubious communication of the “coma man” who supposedly was “talking” via a facilitator after 23 years of being trapped in a coma.

Tags: coma, communication, medicine, miracle, quacks, skeptic

Posted in General, Health & Medicine, Skepticism, Quacks, Woo & Scams • No Comments »

Homoeopathy, Letter to Boots and the 10:23 campaign

Feb 11th, 2010

What is homoeopathy? What is the 10:23 campaign? And what’s this about water having a memory and boots selling sugar pills?

Tags: 1023, Boots chemist, health, homeopathy, homoeopathy, medicine, quacks, skeptic, snake oil

Posted in Atheism, Ethics and Religion, General, Health & Medicine, Science and Techie stuff • 2 Comments »

Clean coal a costly snake oil solution

Nov 11th, 2009

Some estimates for the theoretical cost of the theoretical technology of capturing carbon dioxide from coal burning. Unsurprisingly the costs are high.

Tags: clean coal, coal, economy, energy, Environment, global warming, green, pollution, quacks, skeptic

Posted in Environment, General, Politics and Society, Science and Techie stuff, Skepticism, Quacks, Woo & Scams • No Comments »

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