Un bain de boue ou Julie Lescaut sont aussi efficaces que l’homéopathie Tribune Alors que le Guardian a récemment mis en avant, la énième publication scientifique [PDF] démontrant que l’homéopathie n’a pas plus d’effet qu’un placebo, les médias français, eux aussi, ont semblé redécouvrir l’eau tiède en faisant de la publicité pour ce rapport de l’Agence nationale de santé australienne. Bien que la semaine de l’homéopathie soit venue en contre-feu de cette tempête dans un verre d’eau, ce qui aurait vraiment été étonnant, c’est qu’effectivement on ait trouvé un effet quelconque à ces pilules homéopathiques. Comment pourrait-il en effet en être autrement compte tenu des dilutions appliquées ? Efficacité garantie ! Les auteurs Les chercheurs Nima Yeganefar et Jérôme Quirant sont membres du comité de rédaction de Science et pseudo-sciences, la revue de l’Association française pour l’information scientifique (Afis). Le lendemain matin, comme par miracle, vous pouvez à nouveau gambader et sauter en l’air, plus aucune trace de la douleur : efficacité garantie !
Ukip founder Alan Sked: 'The party has become a Frankenstein's monster' | Politics The founder of Ukip is trying to prove to me that, when he was in charge, the party wasn't racist. He's also trying to demonstrate that his Ukip wouldn't have had its snout in the European parliament's expenses trough, unlike its 2014 incarnation. "I had one here not so long ago," says Alan Sked, professor of international history at the London School of Economics, as he searches for a membership application form as evidence. It's a tough task: his office, the LSE's Room E503, is a stranger to the declutterer's art – it's not so much overwhelmed with books and papers as booby-trapped by them. Room E503 is historically significant for modern British politics. But, first, where is that piece of paper? He hands me the form. "They got rid of all that after I left," says Sked, who resigned the leadership shortly after the 1997 general election. But those changes alone don't make 2014 Ukip racist, do they? Farage has denied that he said these words and always insists that he is not racist.
Quackwatch How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists « Violent metaphors Update (1/3/18) I’ve been overwhelmed with requests for the shorter guide, and the email address below no longer works. So I’ve uploaded a copy of the guide for anyone to download and share here: How to read and understand a scientific article. Please feel free to use it however you wish (although I’d appreciate being credited as the author). I apologize to everyone who emailed me and didn’t get a response! Update (8/30/14): I’ve written a shorter version of this guide for teachers to hand out to their classes. Last week’s post (The truth about vaccinations: Your physician knows more than the University of Google) sparked a very lively discussion, with comments from several people trying to persuade me (and the other readers) that their paper disproved everything that I’d been saying. It’s not just a fun academic problem. “Be skeptical. What constitutes enough proof? The type of scientific paper I’m discussing here is referred to as a primary research article. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Homéopathie : le scandale Boiron - Athéenuation IV sur LePost.fr (23:41) Les laboratoires Boiron, spécialisés dans l’homéopathie, voulant éviter les effets négatifs d’une critique sur Internet et la faire taire, ont au contraire donné une résonance particulière aux propos qui les gênaient, comme souvent en pareil cas. Que s’est-il passé ? Un blogueur italien, Samuele Riva, a publié sur son site blogzero.it des propos peu amènes pour l’homéopathie et pour les laboratoires Boiron, en particulier sur son produit Oscillococcinum, vendu en masse pour contrer les « états grippaux » avec force publicité télévisée. C’est bientôt la rentrée, vous n’échapperez pas à ces charmants petits spots : « aussitôt oscillo » ! Riva disait en substance sur son blog : « Il n’y a aucune molécule active dans le produit »« L’homéopathie est une insulte à l’intelligence» Ces propos n’ont pas plu aux labos susnommés, qui se sont fendus d’un courrier rageur et menaçant parlant de diffamation, exerçant des pressions sur l'hébergeur pour qu'il supprime le blog. L’homéopathie c’est quoi ?
This Young Mother Is Giving Up On Her Kids And I Don't Blame Her. Meet Stephanie Metz, she is a mother of two young boys in western South Dakota. Why My Kids Are NOT the Center of My World Wait, what did she say? Yeah, you read that right. This blog post is a bit of a rant and it’s a bit all over the place. If you’re feeling adventurous today, feel free to read on. The emotions that sparked this blog post were given a little bit of a supercharge last evening. I often think about the world my boys will grow up in. In completely selfish terms, bringing my boys into this world was such a great decision – for me. How long will it be before their typical boy-ish behavior gets them suspended from school? The mentality of our society in 2013 is nauseating to me, friends. Many years ago, there was a time where young boys could run around with their toy guns, killing the bad guys. There was a time – not too long ago – when bullying was defined as slamming someone up against a locker and stealing their lunch money. Modern parenting and thinking makes me crazy.
Homeopathy Clinic to Send Out Remedies to Patients Using Mind Teleportation « Copenhagen Report Homeopathy Clinic to Send Out Remedies to Patients Using Mind Teleportation Posted on Updated on Aiming to save on delivery costs, the Natural Wellness Mindspring Homeopathy Spa Centre in London is set to send out its remedies to clients using the newly introduced method of mind teleportation. The centre, located in the upmarket area of Belgravia, treats 150 patients each day, a figure that is rising by the week. From July, the clinic will adopt a new method of getting its treatments out to clients, mind teleportation. Three homeopathic doctors will form a circle around the required remedy, then using universal kinetic energy dampener fields, they will project the substance into the home of the recipient. It is hoped that the new technique will transfer the homeopathic substance into the recipient’s bottle in approximately 86% of cases, the failures being due to a lack of positive kineticness on the part of the recipient. Like this: Like Loading...
The 46 Most Brilliant Life Hacks Every Human Being Needs To Make Life Easier | EpicDash I love finding clever solutions to the little snags I come across in cooking, building, cleaning, or just about anything. These are some that I find myself using all the time! Pour a half a cup of baking soda and a cup of vinegar into a clogged drain. Once it stops foaming rinse down the sink and your drains will be clear. A cheap and environmentally friendly way to unclog a sink! When camping or just in a pinch, a standard headlamp strapped to a 1 gallon jug of water can illuminate an entire room or tent. Placing a wooden spoon over the top of boiling water will stop it from boiling over by bursting the bubbles. Avoid getting a tongue lashing from your mom for putting your cold drink on her new coffee table. Many hotel TVs have handy USB slots in the back that will charge most smartphones. Use AAA batteries in gadgets that need AA batteries by filling the gaps with scrunched up tin foil. Putting your phone in airplane mode while gaming will stop those annoying ads from playing! Good luck!
Certains préfèrent les microbes à l’eau de Javel par Bernard Meunier - SPS n°304, avril 2013 Depuis une vingtaine d’années, la peur des produits chimiques est devenue une angoisse permanente pour une très grande partie de l’opinion publique, y compris devant des produits de base, anciens, dont les qualités et les défauts sont parfaitement connus. De nombreuses associations ou organisations non gouvernementales se développent en jouant sur cette peur, facile à créer, en laissant penser que toutes les maladies que nous avons à affronter tout au long d’unevie qui s’allonge de plus en plus pourraient être liées en grande partie aux produits chimiques et à la pollution créée par ces mêmes produits chimiques. Ce n’est pas le cas, de nombreuses études épidémiologiques ont montré que les produits chimiques les plus dangereux, à l’origine de nombreux décès, sont les goudrons des cigarettes et l’éthanol des boissons alcoolisées. Qu’était le monde sans produits chimiques ? Faudrait-il avoir peur de l’eau de Javel ? Eau de Javel ou choléra ?
12 Little Known Laws of Karma (That Will Change Your Life) What is Karma? Karma is the Sanskrit word for action. It is equivalent to Newton’s law of ‘every action must have a reaction’. When we think, speak or act we initiate a force that will react accordingly. This returning force maybe modified, changed or suspended, but most people will not be able eradicate it. To stop being afraid and to start being empowered in the worlds of karma and reincarnation, here is what you need to know about karmic laws. - “As you sow, so shall you reap”. - Whatever we put out in the Universe is what comes back to us. - If what we want is Happiness, Peace, Love, Friendship… Then we should BE Happy, Peaceful, Loving and a True Friend. - Life doesn’t just HAPPEN, it requires our participation. - We are one with the Universe, both inside and out. – Whatever surrounds us gives us clues to our inner state. - BE yourself, and surround yourself with what you want to have present in your Life. - What you refuse to accept, will continue for you. Source: social-consciousness
Substance cancérogène par le CIRC Le CIRC est une agence de recherche sur le cancer de l’OMS, basée à Lyon. En anglais, on l’appelle International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).Ses missions sont de coordonner et de mener des recherches sur les causes du cancer chez l’être humain, sur les mécanismes de la cancérogenèse et d’élaborer des stratégies scientifiques de lutte contre le cancer. Dans ce cadre, il identifie les facteurs environnementaux et professionnels susceptibles d’accroitre le risque de cancer chez l’homme en les classifiant. La méthode de classification du CIRC Des groupes de travail interdisciplinaires composés d’experts scientifiques internationaux examinent les études publiées sur un agent et évaluent le degré d'indication de cancérogénicité qu’il présente. Le CIRC publie régulièrement des monographies, c’est-à-dire des revues de l’ensemble des connaissances établies sur la cancérogénicité des agents examinés. Le classement des agents examinés par le CIRC
Kepler Team Announces Discovery of Earth-Sized Planet in Habitable Zone Since its launch in the spring of 2009, NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has been hunting exoplanets. The holy grail being a planet that is essentially like ours in terms of size, composition, and habitability: an Earth-twin. While we still haven't found a planet that exactly fits that bill, Kepler has now confirmed the discovery of an Earth-sized exoplanet in its star’s habitable zone. Kepler-186f is about 10% larger than Earth and orbits an M dwarf star around 500 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. Life as we know it requires the presence of liquid water, so a planet with the potential for life would be not too close to the star (which would be too hot and the water would be vapor) yet not too far away (where it would be too cold and the water would be ice). "We know of just one planet where life exists -- Earth. Co-author Thomas Barclay added: "Being in the habitable zone does not mean we know this planet is habitable.
« Les vaccins ne nous ont pas sauvés (alias « les vaccins sont inefficaces ): la malhonnêteté intellectuelle toute nue (David Gorski) | «Sceptom S’il y a bien une chose que j’ai apprise à propos du mouvement anti-vaccins pendant ces dernières années, c’est qu’ils sont complètement immunisés contre les preuves, la science, et la raison. Peu importe la quantité de preuves présentées, ses représentants trouvent toujours un moyen de détourner, déformer ou dénaturer les preuves afin de les combattre et ne pas avoir ainsi à abandonner le concept que les vaccins causent l’autisme. Ce n’est pas nouveau pour les lecteurs de ce blog, mais ça vaut la peine de le répéter souvent. Ça vaut également la peine de répéter et d’insister sur les exemples des techniques typiquement fallacieuses voire franchement trompeuses qu’utilisent les promoteurs de la pseudoscience anti-vaccination afin de semer chez les parents la peur et le doute à propos des vaccins. Ces arguments peuvent sembler persuasifs pour ceux qui ont peu de connaissances en sciences ou en particulier en épidémiologie. Ah, oui, le leurre des « toxines »! Taux de mortalité.
Jade Wright says think twice before sharing on facebook Facebook is usually a friendly place where people post funny pictures of cats and share their news. But increasingly I’m seeing my friends – who are mostly lovely tolerant people with no axes to grind – reposting photos from a facebook group called Britain First. They have no idea that Britain First is actually a political party which has been linked with the BNP. This is a group who describe themselves as: “A patriotic political party and street defence organisation. Here you can join forces with patriots like you!” Their website boasts: “Britain first has the biggest facebook page of any UK political party.” They were in trouble at the European elections after posting "Remember Lee Rigby" on voting slips. I’m pretty sure that my friends wouldn’t knowingly post links from a far right group’s site. It must have escaped Britain First that those brave D Day soldiers were putting their lives on the line fighting a war against fascism.