My skeptical roundup of 2019 - mad, bad and dangerous

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My skeptical roundup of 2019 - mad, bad and dangerous

Post by Tessa K » Fri Dec 20, 2019 2:24 pm

Here we go, this is the latest offering (other years are available).

If you like it, please pimp it out widely. If you don't like it, :cry:

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Post by JQH » Fri Dec 20, 2019 4:32 pm

Some old favourites and some new to me.
And remember that if you botch the exit, the carnival of reaction may be coming to a town near you.

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Post by jimbob » Fri Dec 20, 2019 8:45 pm

Nice turn of phrase in there.
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation

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Post by Boustrophedon » Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:11 am

Pimped.
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Post by jimbob » Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:17 am

Boustrophedon wrote:
Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:11 am
Pimped.
likewise
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation

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Post by Herainestold » Sat Dec 21, 2019 1:29 am

Very good, thanks.
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Post by Pucksoppet » Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:19 pm

Excellent reading. Thank you very much.

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Re: My skeptical roundup of 2019 - mad, bad and dangerous

Post by Grumble » Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:13 pm

Duly shared, thanks for writing it
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Post by mikeh » Sun Dec 22, 2019 4:12 pm

Nicely done.

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Re: My skeptical roundup of 2019 - mad, bad and dangerous

Post by greyspoke » Sun Dec 22, 2019 4:21 pm

Nice. I don't have a brothel to stick it in the front window of, but if I did it would definietly be there.

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Re: My skeptical roundup of 2019 - mad, bad and dangerous

Post by Tessa K » Sun Dec 22, 2019 4:47 pm

Thanks peeps. I just did a quick update at the end of the health section to include the rebrand of What Doctors Don't Tell You as Get Well. Bunch of f.cking shyster bastards.

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Re: My skeptical roundup of 2019 - mad, bad and dangerous

Post by jimbob » Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:24 pm

Tessa K wrote:
Sun Dec 22, 2019 4:47 pm
Thanks peeps. I just did a quick update at the end of the health section to include the rebrand of What Doctors Don't Tell You as Get Well. Bunch of f.cking shyster bastards.
An encouraging thing is that I follow/am Facebook friends with some outdoors writers (RL friends of someone I see rarely outside Facebook) and a lot of their losts that are not about the outdoors are about pseudoscience and quackery and why vaccination is good.

I think one mentioned the criticism of Waitrose for stocking that magazine
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation

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Re: My skeptical roundup of 2019 - mad, bad and dangerous

Post by Tessa K » Mon Dec 23, 2019 8:56 am

jimbob wrote:
Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:24 pm
Tessa K wrote:
Sun Dec 22, 2019 4:47 pm
Thanks peeps. I just did a quick update at the end of the health section to include the rebrand of What Doctors Don't Tell You as Get Well. Bunch of f.cking shyster bastards.
An encouraging thing is that I follow/am Facebook friends with some outdoors writers (RL friends of someone I see rarely outside Facebook) and a lot of their losts that are not about the outdoors are about pseudoscience and quackery and why vaccination is good.

I think one mentioned the criticism of Waitrose for stocking that magazine
What is an outdoors writer? Do they write about hiking and stuff?

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Re: My skeptical roundup of 2019 - mad, bad and dangerous

Post by jimbob » Mon Dec 23, 2019 9:04 am

Tessa K wrote:
Mon Dec 23, 2019 8:56 am
jimbob wrote:
Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:24 pm
Tessa K wrote:
Sun Dec 22, 2019 4:47 pm
Thanks peeps. I just did a quick update at the end of the health section to include the rebrand of What Doctors Don't Tell You as Get Well. Bunch of f.cking shyster bastards.
An encouraging thing is that I follow/am Facebook friends with some outdoors writers (RL friends of someone I see rarely outside Facebook) and a lot of their losts that are not about the outdoors are about pseudoscience and quackery and why vaccination is good.

I think one mentioned the criticism of Waitrose for stocking that magazine
What is an outdoors writer? Do they write about hiking and stuff?
Yup.
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation

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Re: My skeptical roundup of 2019 - mad, bad and dangerous

Post by Tessa K » Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:42 am

Just doing a cheeky bump up for this in case anyone missed it.

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