#1   Report Post  
Old 29-12-2005, 05:34 AM posted to aus.gardens
M
 
Posts: n/a
Default Scam

The article could become a classic primer, because it contains many of
the traditional elements of pseudoscience and medical quackery:

anecdote ("It happened to me!")
cures many different incurable illnesses
celebrity endorsement
ignored scientist, working outside the mainstream
blind orthodoxy
simple answer to a complex question
repression by big pharma (the domain name "www.nonpharmaceutical.com"
is a clue)
patent not publication
"natural"
works with animals (so not a placebo effect)
very clever scientist (only six people in Australia understand him)
etc
I don't have the space here for a full response to the article, but I
will leave you with this thought. What is your opinion of someone who
talks about chemistry but thinks that mineral water with "a low pH"
would be useful in the battle against acidity? If you don't know, ask a
chemist.

Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
MAKE THOUSANDS FAST!!! NOT A SCAM, I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A SCAM Rico Freshwater Aquaria Plants 0 03-09-2010 03:22 AM
Garden site operating as multiple "seperate" businesses - scam? Gary Hancock Gardening 30 28-06-2003 04:32 PM
Scam, rip off, whatever Marksfish Freshwater Aquaria Plants 1 20-04-2003 05:20 AM
OT, Daily mail scam cash prize game? Even more OT :-(( Mike United Kingdom 0 09-02-2003 06:49 PM
OT, Daily mail scam cash prize game? Gareth United Kingdom 3 08-02-2003 03:43 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 08:03 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 GardenBanter.co.uk.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Gardening"

 

Copyright © 2017