Comments on: Dr Werner, you are a singularity of stupid

By: Gib

Gib — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:20:45 +0000

You have to laugh. There is no point debating with believers, because their belief trumps all logic, facts, science etc. What’s scary is that we are surrounded by these non-thinkers.

By: cpbotha

cpbotha — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:07:22 +0000

Thank you very much, that’s a brilliant resource!

By: Rinus Brand

Rinus Brand — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:11:55 +0000

This issue is now resolved:

http://www.howdoeshomeopathywork.com/

By: RK

RK — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:02:03 +0000

I was so embarrassed by her stupidity that I couldn’t watch past 1:30.

By: Moo

Moo — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:17:26 +0000

Well done CP…

I only wish you had the time to write the post you speak of.

Paradolius
(awesome screen name btw…)
You are SO right. How entertaining is it to see these numbskulls run from their own drivel when someone suggests they identify themselves or suggest to do the job for them.

“Many people would sooner die than think: In Fact, they do so.” – Bertrand Russell

By: Pareidolius

Pareidolius — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:29:31 +0000

From what I gather, it seems that DJ is primarily upset at the prospect of having his/her ideas mocked and being publicly disagreed with. That if his/her patients find out what he/she really believes they’ll leave . . . en masse. In other words, the same thing Dr. Werner is currently having a problem with, trying to get the stupid-genie back in the bottle.

DJ, making unsubstantiated, magic-laced pronouncements, calling them science, putting them on video and making them public is called free speech. Having people call you on said ill-informed pronouncements is also called free-speech. If you’re going to publicly defend the woo, you’d better be prepared for some blowback. Do you post anonymously because you are afraid of criticism, or because you know you have nothing to back up your pseudoscience?

By: cpbotha

cpbotha — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:09:42 +0000

@Pienk Zuit:

It’s a pleasure to welcome you here!

Agreed, Bad Science is brilliant and should be compulsory reading! For a moment I considered having it delivered to DJ via Amazon, but that would obviously be in vain.

Thing is, the people who should read it never will, and the people who do read it in general already know what’s going on.

By: Pienk Zuit

Pienk Zuit — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:25:37 +0000

I’m reading “Bad Science” by Ben Goldacre at the moment. It should be compulsory reading for anyone wanting to engage in a debate about homeopathy and other CAM. He explains what homeopathy is in such clear and simple terms, that no-one in their right mind can afterwards think that it could possibly be anything else but qauckery. He also explains concepts like the placebo effect, anecdotal evidence, and blind trials extemely well. If only it were explained this way to people in school and in the media, these quacks would never be able to get away with so much.

By: yodod

yodod — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:10:10 +0000

Is this the end?
Part of me will miss DJ if he/she doesn’t come back, it’s been so entertaining seeing this ‘debate’ going on.
DJ gives me a chance to have a really good laugh every time I read a new comment, as long as I can avoid the despair of knowing that these people actually make a living doing this.
This thread’s had some of the best lines I’ve read in a while….’If my four year old daughter was this stupid I’d have her neutered’ is my personal favourite.
Well done to CPBotha for shooing DJ away.

By: Charl Botha

Charl Botha — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:08:53 +0000

Dear Santa, (hehe feels good)

Thank you for the much needed boost. However, in the interest of full disclosure, I’m not an MD. I do have a doctorate (PhD) in computer science and my field of expertise is indeed medical visualisation, the integration of computer science in medical research and practice. I am by most definitions of the term a scientist.

I’m also very fortunate to work together with bunches of fantastic MDs who are all strong proponents of evidence-based medicine (the good ones mostly are) and are all great scientists in their own right.

Usually I keep my background out of these discussions, as they should be guided by logic and reason, and not any form of argument from authority.