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Elon Musk beats Dragon’s Den star Steven Bartlett to Rusty Razor pseudoscience award
Twitter owner Elon Musk has beaten Dragon's Den star Steven Bartlett to the Rusty Razor award for worst pseudoscience of 2024
skeptic.org.uk/2024/10/elon-…
Laura Thomason retweeted
Almost all practitioners registered with @cnhc mislead their patients:
royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
A huge pleasure to work with @HealthSenseUK colleagues.
Laura Thomason retweeted
New paper:
"Using artificial intelligence (AI) to assess the prevalence of false or misleading health-related claims"
#AI identified 23 307 false or misleading claims by practitioners registered with the @CNHC_UK
royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
Laura Thomason retweeted
Following our complaint last March, the ASA have ruled ads for Lynne McTaggart's "Power of Eight®" intention classes made unsubstantiated health claims and discouraged medical treatment
asa.org.uk/rulings/lynne-mct…
Laura Thomason retweeted
Lynne McTaggart, late of "What Doctors Don't Tell You", rises again and is slapped down by @ASA_UK.
asa.org.uk/rulings/lynne-mct…
Dragons' Den episode edited after ear seed complaints
bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment…
Laura Thomason retweeted
It is good to see that a co-ordinated response has been taken by M.E. charities to the appalling Dragon's Den episode that suggested "acu ear seeds" could be a treatment for MECFS and other health conditions. Ear seeds are nonsense and not effective for any health condition
We have coordinated an open letter with other M.E. orgs in response to the recent Dragons Den episode in which a contenstant made unevidenced claims regarding the efficacy of 'acu seeds' as a treatment for #MECFS
You can view the letter here: ow.ly/qs3M50Qt12L
Laura Thomason retweeted
Here's what our Project Director told The Times about the Dragons Den controversy, and why the recent ear seed business is just the tip of the iceberg.
It's time they took their responsibility seriously, and stopped featuring - and seeking out - businesses who mislead the public
ALT 'Each of these businesses have been allowed to make extravagant claims about the efficacy of their products without facing any real critique or questioning from the show or its producers,' Michael Marshall - project director at the Good Thinking Society - said, as quoted by The Times. 'Not enough is being done by the producers of Dragon's Den to uphold that trust, and to ensure it is not lent to businesses that promote misleading and potentially dangerous products, via health claims that target specific and vulnerable patient groups. 'People with serious conditions may risk their time, money and even turn down proven treatments in favour of these products.'
Laura Thomason retweeted
Dragons’ Den ‘failing to scrutinise extravagant product claims’
thetimes.co.uk/article/drago…
We wrote to the BBC with concerns over a number of businesses showcased on the program, who make misleading and potentially dangerous health claims.
UK Cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra receives a well-deserved award edzardernst.com/2023/09/uk-c… via @edzardernst
Cardiologist and Covid vaccine critic Dr Aseem Malhotra wins 2023 Rusty Razor award skeptic.org.uk/2023/09/cardi… via @theskepticmag
Laura Thomason retweeted
Can you hold conspiracy theory papers to account? Listen to bonus ep on Sounds, read online & more on News at Ten, BBC Breakfast, Today.
The Irish Light repeatedly abused Edel Campbell online and its supporters have threatened her lawyer with "execution".bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-…
Laura Thomason retweeted
The QED conference was accused of copyright infringement, but something didn't smell right, which is when Michael Marshall started digging...
When copyright credit scammers target skeptical organisations | Michael Marshall Michael Marshall skeptic.org.uk/2023/02/when-…
Laura Thomason retweeted
Matty Healy lead singer and rhythm guitarist from @the1975 :
"This CANNOT happen. The council need to drop the case"
Sign the petition chng.it/KYDvJVmg
@actuallymattyhealy
@bevcraig
@ManCityCouncil
#savenightandday
#mattyhealy
cc @Shitlawns
Artificial grass firm ordered to take down 'offensive' billboard manchestereveningnews.co.uk/…
Laura Thomason retweeted
Counting down our top 10 worst pseudoscience pop songs of all time | Brian Eggo @brianeggo skeptic.org.uk/2022/11/count…
Laura Thomason retweeted
Mike Pickering, M People founder and co-writer of the '90s hit, said he doesn't want the song "being a soundtrack to lies"
nme.com/news/music/liz-truss…
Laura Thomason retweeted
£2500 is *not* the maximum any family will pay on their energy bills this year.
We wrote to the PM about getting this wrong yesterday.
This morning, she’s repeated the false claim again in local BBC interviews.
The public deserves better.
fullfact.org/economy/Truss-e…
Laura Thomason retweeted
At about 7 seconds in, some smoke visibly rises from his groinal region. Could it be that his pants are actually on fire?
Laura Thomason retweeted
We are concerned by the @Conservatives response to the ongoing sewage crisis and the manner in which they are trying to shape the narrative and rewrite history. A thread ⤵️