Thursday, 18 February 2010

Be careful of the woo

Two posts in the same day, it's a record for this site already.

I'm not sure on the science behind the claim that 'Chinese herbal pills gave woman cancer' reported by the BBC here but I consider it a story worth sharing.  We do really need to educate people better as to what 'alternative medicine' is.  As per the great Tim Minchin:
"...You know what they call “alternative medicine”.
That’s been proved to work?
Medicine...”
A follow up story is here.

If you’re an atheist, a skeptic, a freethinker, or just annoyed by hippies, I'd recommend looking for Tim's stuff on YouTube, you’ll love it.

Edited to add Storm video below…

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