Posts Tagged ‘Pseudoscience’

Church: Blackcurrant squash “cures” cancer

13 August 2012

I used to think that selling sham cures was mainly the purview of quacks out to make some quick cash by exploiting desperate and vulnerable people, but it seems religion is getting in on the scam.

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Overpriced rocks will stop your brain from frying

23 July 2012

Yesterday I went to check out a “mind, body and spirit fair” being held near me. I’m highly skeptical of the kinds of things promoted at these events, but decided to go out of curiosity. I’d never seen a psychic, medium or clairvoyant perform in person, and was hoping to see if I could get one of them to give me a reading which revealed something specific and personal, rather than vague and obvious.

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