Friends of Science in Homeopathy - Plague of Mice

Our old friend Nancy Malik decided to name her blog Science-based Homeopathy, presumably in a fit of childish pique at the existence of Science-Based Medicine, which regularly laughs homeopathy to scorn, and rightly so. Then she realised that there is an Australian-based network called Friends of Science in Medicine, so of course nothing would do unless she had one called Friends of Science in Homeopathy...

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This will make you laugh, I promise…it’s from a homeopath | Edzard Ernst

Over the years, I have received so many insults, attacks and legal challenges that I could start writing blog posts only about them and the issues involved. Recently someone asked me during the discussion part of a public lecture: “How did you manage to deal with all this aggression emotionally?” My answer was meant as […]

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Nancy Malik Strikes Back! Homeowatch and Quackwatch abusing HONcode?

It’s the silly season all right. So much fuckwittery queuing up to be eviscerated that I’m going to have to aim for shorter posts. Following Nancy Malik’s self-pitying rant about losing her HONcode certification through not complying with the requirements, an update has just been published to that post in her blog. Oddly enough, that update does not mention that the HONcode certification has been withdrawn and that the agreement requires she remove all reference to it from her site. Which, of course, she hasn’t done. No, the update is a tu quoque-style attack on two pro-science websites run by the same person, one Stephen Barrett, M.D, with the help of a number of volunteers. According to Malik, Barrett is abusing the HONcode certification in the same way she did. Which, it would seem, exonerates her – in her own dreams, at least.

Well, being a skeptic doesn’t excuse you … Continue reading →

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Nancy Malik isn't even trying to feign good faith - Plague of Mice

While the Blessed McTaggart shrieks “VICTIMISATION” and publishes the names and addresses of random people, because Tesco have reportedly stopped stocking her monthly ill-spelt and worse-written compendium of criminal Stupid – not so much because of skeptic complaints, but because it wasn’t selling – other quacks are also quietly telling large porkies. Take that old favourite Nancy Malik, for example. She’s in fine form right now.

To recap: Nancy Malik claims to be a medical professional and proudly displays her qualifications here. Unfortunately, all her qualifications are in witch-doctoring, aka homeopathy, and therefore not only is she not a medical professional, her diplomas aren’t worth a monkey’s. Her blog is entitled Science-based Homeopathy, a clear attempt to ape the far more prestigious and reputable Science-based Medicine. The latter is a group blog, with a number of contributors who are internationally respected for being bloody good at what they do in …Continue reading→

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